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A: Yes. There is no [[suffering]] which [[our Father]] is unaware of. He does not turn away from those in need. He is suffering with any one who suffers and is ever-present in the [[heart]] of all who believe. It is not any part of [[God]]'s [[plan]] for to allow for suffering. It is the [[natural]] outworking of the overall [[Divine]] [[plan]] to allow human [[free will]]. Adult free will [[decisions]] multiplied over long periods indeed may result in much [[human]] [[suffering]]. We are all God's children, small children and adults alike. No suffering is in God's [[purpose]] for us. [[Evolution]] and human societal structuring is [[progressive]] and will eventually eliminate this horrible [[spectacle]] of [[intense]] human misery. It is a passing age on [[Urantia]], which will some day sprout into a new world, one in which there is lessened, year after year, suffering and [[pain]] and misery. Perplexing as it is, it is a passing thing. You must use [[spiritual]] eyes to see that [[dawn]] will come after [[darkness]].

A: Yes. There is no [[suffering]] which [[our Father]] is unaware of. He does not turn away from those in need. He is suffering with any one who suffers and is ever-present in the [[heart]] of all who believe. It is not any part of [[God]]'s [[plan]] for to allow for suffering. It is the [[natural]] outworking of the overall [[Divine]] [[plan]] to allow human [[free will]]. Adult free will [[decisions]] multiplied over long periods indeed may result in much [[human]] [[suffering]]. We are all God's children, small children and adults alike. No suffering is in God's [[purpose]] for us. [[Evolution]] and human societal structuring is [[progressive]] and will eventually eliminate this horrible [[spectacle]] of [[intense]] human misery. It is a passing age on [[Urantia]], which will some day sprout into a new world, one in which there is lessened, year after year, suffering and [[pain]] and misery. Perplexing as it is, it is a passing thing. You must use [[spiritual]] eyes to see that [[dawn]] will come after [[darkness]].

==GOD THE SUPREME==

==Session 23==

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

My greetings this evening. I am Ham. I am your teacher. For many weeks I have been instructing you and observing the effect of my teachings upon you. Tonight we are happy to announce the decision of Melchizedek to give you a personal lesson by himself.

My greetings this evening. I am [[Ham]]. I am your teacher. For many weeks I have been instructing you and [[observing]] the [[effect]] of my teachings upon you. Tonight we are [[happy]] to announce the [[decision]] of [[Melchizedek]] to give you a [[personal]] lesson by himself.

Greetings, my children. I am Melchizedek, Planetary Prince of Urantia. My purpose for thus coming to you is twofold. First, I wish to extend my personal thanks to you for your steadfast and earnest faith and emotional security in this, for you unusual and exciting learning experience. Secondly, I desire to present an important lesson which is given at only a certain time level experience of group coordinate understanding.

Greetings, my children. I am [[Melchizedek]], [[Planetary Prince]] of [[Urantia]]. My [[purpose]] for thus coming to you is twofold. First, I wish to extend my [[personal]] [[thanks]] to you for your [[steadfast]] and [[earnest]] [[faith]] and emotional [[security]] in this, for you [[unusual]] and exciting learning [[experience]]. Secondly, I [[desire]] to present an important lesson which is given at only a certain time level [[experience]] of group [[coordinate]] [[understanding]].

My lesson concerns your awareness of and reaction to the experiential God, the evolving Father-Brother, the Supreme Being, God the Supreme. When you understand your duty to His experiential status-growth, you begin to embark upon the supreme adventure of time. His being-presence is ever evolving and is impinging upon your individualness or your sense of separateness nature. He is forever growing in experience as are you. Your experience contributes directly to the growth of this mighty and majestic spiritual being. As long as you see yourself as alone and separate, you are not seeing full reality. Your growth and being in all phases of reality, spiritual, morontial and material, are all an intrinsic part of the Soul Supreme. You are existent in, through, and by His power. There is responsive reaction when a mortal experiences soul expansion. There is an equal reaction within the Supreme. The Supreme is God in time. I repeat, the Supreme is God in time. Time is a limitation of the perception of eternity.

My lesson concerns your [[awareness]] of and [[reaction]] to the experiential God, the evolving Father-Brother, the [[Supreme Being]], [[God the Supreme]]. When you [[understand]] your [[duty]] to His experiential [[status]]-[[growth]], you begin to embark upon the supreme [[adventure]] of [[time]]. His [[being]]-[[presence]] is ever evolving and is impinging upon your [[individual]]ness or your sense of separateness [[nature]]. He is forever growing in experience as are you. Your experience contributes directly to the [[growth]] of this mighty and [[majestic]] spiritual [[being]]. As long as you see yourself as [[alone]] and separate, you are not seeing full [[reality]]. Your growth and being in all [[phases]] of reality, [[spiritual]], [[morontial]] and [[material]], are all an intrinsic part of the Soul Supreme. You are existent in, through, and by His [[power]]. There is responsive [[reaction]] when a [[mortal]] experiences soul expansion. There is an [[equal]] reaction within [[the Supreme]]. The Supreme is [[God]] in [[time]]. I repeat, the Supreme is God in time. Time is a [[limitation]] of the [[perception]] of [[eternity]].

My greetings, once again, I am Ham. This lesson, though short, is of supreme importance for you to understand to the best of your ability. I would like to expand upon this in order to, perhaps, illustrate and make clearer the lesson. Time and space are the finite limitations, the principal finite limitations, in which the vast material creations evolve. In time does evolution and growth toward perfection occur. Time is a finite reality which is required for perfecting the will creature to increasingly understand and become Fatherlike. Without time, we would be neither here nor there, neither imperfect nor perfect. There would be no growth. It is impossible for you, indeed, to imagine timelessness, so complete is this reality for you. There is a necessity for this in the great plan of the ages. That is, for the beginning imperfect creature to gain wisdom, understanding, tolerance, forbearance, forgiveness, mercy and love for his fellows by a long and intense struggle upward through the first life and through many others, increasingly becoming more spirit and less material, increasingly to seek the spirit and at the same time let go of the material. These tried and tested beings are made ready for a future destiny beyond the Supreme.

My greetings, once again, I am Ham. This lesson, though short, is of [[supreme]] importance for you to [[understand]] to the best of your [[ability]]. I would like to expand upon this in order to, perhaps, [[illustrate]] and make clearer the lesson. [[Time and space]] are the [[finite]] [[limitations]], the principal finite limitations, in which the vast [[material]] [[creations]] evolve. In time does [[evolution]] and growth toward [[perfection]] occur. Time is a [[finite]] reality which is required for [[perfecting]] the [[Free will|will]] [[creature]] to increasingly understand and become Fatherlike. Without time, we would be neither here nor there, neither imperfect nor perfect. There would be no [[growth]]. It is impossible for you, indeed, to [[imagine]] timelessness, so complete is this [[reality]] for you. There is a [[necessity]] for this in the great [[plan]] of the ages. That is, for the beginning imperfect [[creature]] to gain [[wisdom]], understanding, [[tolerance]], forbearance, [[forgiveness]], [[mercy]] and [[love]] for his fellows by a long and [[intense]] struggle upward through the first life and through many others, increasingly becoming more [[spirit]] and less [[material]], increasingly to seek the spirit and at the [[same time]] let go of the material. These tried and tested beings are made ready for a [[future]] [[destiny]] beyond [[the Supreme]].

To reach for that destiny we must continually attempt understanding of the Supreme. The Supreme is God in time; therefore, our efforts in time are part of a reality which is God. I see that there is quite a good understanding of this among you. This is pleasing. Your duty for His continual expansion into the material phase of His reality is to increasingly grow toward God the Father, and you are thereby revealing and reflecting through your soul the reality which you are of the Supreme.

To reach for that [[destiny]] we must continually attempt [[understanding]] of [[the Supreme]]. The Supreme is [[God]] in [[time]]; therefore, our [[efforts]] in time are part of a [[reality]] which is God. I see that there is quite a good understanding of this among you. This is pleasing. Your [[duty]] for His continual expansion into the material [[phase]] of His reality is to increasingly [[grow]] toward [[God the Father]], and you are thereby [[revealing]] and [[reflecting]] through your [[soul]] the reality which you are of [[the Supreme]].

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Q: Both you and Father Melchizedek were talking about God the Supreme as being God in time. Do you mean time and space, or just God in time?

Q: Both you and Father [[Melchizedek]] were talking about [[God the Supreme]] as being [[God]] in [[time]]. Do you mean [[time and space]], or just God in time?

A: Space is a material part of the creation originating in Paradise. It is more correct to envision God the Supreme as being in time. Space is an intrinsic part of all material reality, even where there is not God the Supreme. Is this clarifying?

A: [[Space]] is a [[material]] part of the [[creation]] originating in [[Paradise]]. It is more correct to envision [[God the Supreme]] as being in [[time]]. [[Space]] is an intrinsic part of all [[material]] [[reality]], even where there is not [[God the Supreme]]. Is this clarifying?

Q: Yes, it does. I am confused sometimes when I think about time and space. I guess it is based upon modern science theories where time is a function of velocity. Is velocity real? Velocity is the rate of change of traversing space with time, the derivative of it. These concepts are confusing, and I am trying to be sure which ones are the higher order, which one controls the other.

Q: Yes, it does. I am [[confused]] sometimes when I think about [[time and space]]. I guess it is based upon [[modern]] [[science]] [[theories]] where time is a [[function]] of [[velocity]]. Is velocity real? Velocity is the [[rate]] of [[change]] of traversing [[space]] with time, the derivative of it. These [[concepts]] are confusing, and I am trying to be sure which ones are the higher order, which one [[controls]] the other.

A: Yes, space and velocity are measured by time. Time, therefore would be on a higher spiritual reality plane than space. Is this clarifying?

A: Yes, [[space]] and [[velocity]] are measured by [[time]]. Time, therefore would be on a higher [[spiritual]] [[reality]] [[plane]] than space. Is this clarifying?

Q: Yes.

Q: Yes.

Q: Concerning Melchizedek's lesson, the part of it where he is talking about us realizing that we are not alone before we realize the Supreme, does he mean that we realize that we are always with our Thought Adjuster, or is there something else that we also need to realize that I am not realizing?

Q: Concerning [[Melchizedek]]'s lesson, the part of it where he is talking about us [[realizing]] that we are not [[alone]] before we [[realize]] [[the Supreme]], does he mean that we realize that we are always with our [[Thought Adjuster]], or is there something else that we also need to realize that I am not realizing?

A: Yes. The lesson referred to an identity feeling of separateness from all other reality. This is an illusory perception for in Him we live, move, and have our being. We are not separate, really, from God and this connectedness is made real in and through the Supreme.

A: Yes. The lesson referred to an [[identity]] [[feeling]] of separateness from all other [[reality]]. This is an [[illusory]] [[perception]] for in Him we live, move, and have our being. We are not separate, really, from God and this [[connectedness]] is made real in and through [[the Supreme]].

Q: Father Ham, is one simple way of stating part of it that whenever there is a growth in the soul of a mortal that there is a growth in the Supreme?

Q: Father Ham, is one [[simple]] way of stating part of it that whenever there is a [[growth]] in the [[soul]] of a [[mortal]] that there is a growth in [[the Supreme]]?

A: Yes, correct. There is also a corresponding reaction to this growth which is a repercussion within the Supreme Reality Being's awareness which is a permanent reality and more than a passing growth stage.

A: Yes, correct. There is also a corresponding [[reaction]] to this [[growth]] which is a [[repercussion]] within [[the Supreme]] Reality Being's [[awareness]] which is a permanent reality and more than a passing [[growth]] [[stage]].

Q: Then this can constitute a real strong feeling in the soul, itself, Father Ham?

Q: Then this can constitute a real strong [[feeling]] in the [[soul]], itself, Father Ham?

A: If and when one is aware of this, yes.

A: If and when one is [[aware]] of this, yes.

Q: Is the Supreme Being an aspect of the Universal Father or a separate personality, so to speak, from the Universal Father?

Q: Is the [[Supreme Being]] an aspect of the [[Universal Father]] or a separate [[personality]], so to speak, from the Universal Father?

A: Yes, He is both. He is an evolving creation of the Universal Father and, as such, is an expression part of him.

A: Yes, He is both. He is an evolving [[creation]] of the [[Universal Father]] and, as such, is an [[expression]] part of him.

Q: Does the Supreme have a separate consciousness from the Universal Father?

Q: Does [[the Supreme]] have a [[separate]] consciousness from the Universal Father?

A: Yes. However, of course, as your consciousness is somewhat separate from the consciousness of your Indwelling Spirit, the Indwelling Spirit is conscious of your consciousness. And so, in like relationship, is the Supreme to the Father. He, the Father, is ever conscious of the consciousness of the Supreme. As in the gospel, Michael has said there falls not a bird from the sky without my Father's knowing. This is within the consciousness of the Supreme.

A: Yes. However, of course, as your [[consciousness]] is somewhat [[separate]] from the consciousness of your [[Indwelling Spirit]], the Indwelling Spirit is [[conscious]] of your consciousness. And so, in like [[relationship]], is the Supreme to [[the Father]]. He, the Father, is ever conscious of the consciousness of the [[Supreme]]. As in the [[gospel]], [[Michael]] has said there falls not a bird from the [[sky]] without my Father's knowing. This is within the [[consciousness]] of [[the Supreme]].

Q: Today I read concerning the self-acting Thought Adjuster and found several characteristics that were amazing and happy and encouraging. It occurs to me that I did not have a full grasp of the magnitude of that. I would like to have you enlighten us as to the characteristics of a self-acting Thought Adjuster.

Q: Today I read concerning the [[self-acting Thought Adjuster]] and found several characteristics that were [[amazing]] and [[happy]] and [[encouraging]]. It occurs to me that I did not have a full grasp of the magnitude of that. I would like to have you [[enlighten]] us as to the characteristics of a [[self-acting Thought Adjuster]].

A: Yes. This question is a lesson in itself. There are different phases or levels of Thought Adjuster ability, action ability. The self-acting Adjuster is a function level which is attained when the personal subject attains or reaches third circle level awareness. This attainment level awareness creates an increased circle or a circle of activity within which the Adjuster may function. He has the increased ability to guide and direct the person through their increased awareness of Him and His guidance. There also is the ability, albeit unusual, for the Thought Adjuster to detach from the person in order to receive special instructions such as has occurred for many of you. Three, there is the future certainty of final fusion of personality with spirit, the mortal with the divine. The fate is, although not completely sealed as a completed fact, a universe certainty that fusion will, in the future, occur. And fourthly, there is recognition by the Universal Father to that Indwelling Spirit for his work efforts with a mortal person. He receives personal recognition of this. And lastly, because of this increasingly clear guidance and communication from Him, the person is able more easily to traverse the final circles of psychic attainment which are preliminary to final Adjuster attunement and finally fusion or translation. You see, that took some explaining.

A: Yes. This question is a lesson in itself. There are [[different]] phases or levels of [[Thought Adjuster]] [[ability]], action ability. The [[self-acting Adjuster]] is a [[function]] level which is [[attained]] when the personal subject attains or reaches [[Seven Psychic Circles|third circle]] level [[awareness]]. This attainment level awareness creates an increased circle or a circle of [[activity]] within which the [[Adjuster]] may [[function]]. He has the increased [[ability]] to guide and direct the [[person]] through their increased awareness of Him and His [[guidance]]. There also is the ability, albeit [[unusual]], for the [[Thought Adjuster]] to detach from the person in order to receive special instructions such as has occurred for many of you. Three, there is the [[future]] certainty of final [[fusion]] of [[personality]] with [[spirit]], the mortal with the [[divine]]. The fate is, although not completely sealed as a completed [[fact]], a universe [[certainty]] that [[fusion]] will, in the [[future]], occur. And fourthly, there is [[recognition]] by the [[Universal Father]] to that [[Indwelling Spirit]] for his work [[efforts]] with a mortal person. He receives [[personal]] [[recognition]] of this. And lastly, because of this increasingly clear [[guidance]] and [[communication]] from Him, the person is able more easily to traverse the final [[Seven Psychic Circles|circles of psychic]] attainment which are preliminary to final [[Adjuster]] [[attunement]] and finally [[fusion]] or translation. You see, that took some [[explaining]].

==BALANCE IN THE MATERIAL LIFE==

==BALANCE IN THE MATERIAL LIFE==