The Urantia Book
PAPER 30
PERSONALITIES OF THE GRAND UNIVERSE
Sponsored by a Mighty Messenger from Uversa.
30:0.1 THE personalities and
other-than-personal entities now functioning on Paradise and in
the grand universe constitute a well-nigh limitless number of
living beings. Even the number of major orders and types would
stagger the human imagination, let alone the countless subtypes
and variations. It is, however, desirable to present something
of two basic classifications of living beings -- a suggestion of
the Paradise classification and an abbreviation of the Uversa
Personality Register.
30:0.2 It is not possible to formulate
comprehensive and entirely consistent classifications of the
personalities of the grand universe because all of the
groups are not revealed. It would require numerous additional
papers to cover the further revelation required to
systematically classify all groups. Such conceptual expansion
would hardly be desirable as it would deprive the thinking
mortals of the next thousand years of that stimulus to creative
speculation which these partially revealed concepts supply. It
is best that man not have an overrevelation; it stifles
imagination.
1. THE PARADISE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING
BEINGS
30:1.1 Living beings are classified on
Paradise in accordance with inherent and attained relationship
to the Paradise Deities. During the grand gatherings of the
central and superuniverses those present are often grouped in
accordance with origin: those of triune origin, or of Trinity
attainment; those of dual origin; and those of single origin. It
is difficult to interpret the Paradise classification of living
beings to the mortal mind, but we are authorized to present the
following:
30:1.2 I. TRIUNE-ORIGIN BEINGS. Beings
created by all three Paradise Deities, either as such or as the
Trinity, together with the Trinitized Corps, which designation
refers to all groups of trinitized beings, revealed and
unrevealed.
30:1.3 A. The Supreme Spirits.
1. The Seven Master Spirits.
2. The Seven Supreme Executives.
3. The Seven Orders of Reflective
Spirits.
30:1.4 B. The Stationary Sons of the
Trinity.
1. Trinitized Secrets of Supremacy.
2. Eternals of Days.
3. Ancients of Days.
4. Perfections of Days.
5. Recents of Days.
6. Unions of Days.
7. Faithfuls of Days.
8. Perfectors of Wisdom.
9. Divine Counselors.
10. Universal Censors.
30:1.5 C. Trinity-origin and Trinitized
Beings.
1. Trinity Teacher Sons.
2. Inspired Trinity Spirits.
3. Havona Natives.
4. Paradise Citizens.
5. Unrevealed Trinity-origin Beings.
6. Unrevealed Deity-trinitized
Beings.
7. Trinitized Sons of Attainment.
8. Trinitized Sons of Selection.
9. Trinitized Sons of Perfection.
10. Creature-trinitized Sons.
30:1.6 II. DUAL-ORIGIN BEINGS. Those of
origin in any two of the Paradise Deities or otherwise created
by any two beings of direct or indirect descent from the
Paradise Deities.
30:1.7 A. The Descending Orders.
1. Creator Sons.
2. Magisterial Sons.
3. Bright and Morning Stars.
4. Father Melchizedeks.
5. The Melchizedeks.
6. The Vorondadeks.
7. The Lanonandeks.
8. Brilliant Evening Stars.
9. The Archangels.
10. Life Carriers.
11. Unrevealed Universe Aids.
12. Unrevealed Sons of God.
30:1.8 B. The Stationary Orders.
1. Abandonters.
2. Susatia.
3. Univitatia.
4. Spironga.
5. Unrevealed Dual-origin Beings.
30:1.9 C. The Ascending Orders.
1. Adjuster-fused Mortals.
2. Son-fused Mortals.
3. Spirit-fused Mortals.
4. Translated Midwayers.
5. Unrevealed Ascenders.
30:1.10 III. SINGLE-ORIGIN BEINGS.
Those of origin in any one of the Paradise Deities or otherwise
created by any one being of direct or indirect descent from the
Paradise Deities.
30:1.11 A. The Supreme Spirits.
1. Gravity Messengers.
2. The Seven Spirits of the Havona
Circuits.
3. The Twelvefold Adjutants of the
Havona Circuits.
4. The Reflective Image Aids.
5. Universe Mother Spirits.
6. The Sevenfold Adjutant
Mind-Spirits.
7. Unrevealed Deity-origin Beings.
30:1.12 B. The Ascending Orders.
1. Personalized Adjusters.
2. Ascending Material Sons.
3. Evolutionary Seraphim.
4. Evolutionary Cherubim.
5. Unrevealed Ascenders.
30:1.13 C. The Family of the Infinite
Spirit.
1. Solitary Messengers.
2. Universe Circuit Supervisors.
3. Census Directors.
4. Personal Aids of the Infinite
Spirit.
5. Associate Inspectors.
6. Assigned Sentinels.
7. Graduate Guides.
8. Havona Servitals.
9. Universal Conciliators.
10. Morontia Companions.
11. Supernaphim.
12. Seconaphim.
13. Tertiaphim.
14. Omniaphim.
15. Seraphim.
16. Cherubim and Sanobim.
17. Unrevealed Spirit-origin Beings.
18. The Seven Supreme Power
Directors.
19. The Supreme Power Centers.
20. The Master Physical Controllers.
21. The Morontia Power Supervisors.
30:1.14 IV. EVENTUATED TRANSCENDENTAL
BEINGS. There is to be found on Paradise a vast host of
transcendental beings whose origin is not ordinarily disclosed
to the universes of time and space until they are settled in
light and life. These Transcendentalers are neither creators nor
creatures; they are the eventuated children of divinity,
ultimacy, and eternity. These "eventuators" are neither finite
nor infinite -- they are absonite; and absonity is
neither infinity nor absoluteness.
30:1.15 These uncreated noncreators are ever
loyal to the Paradise Trinity and obedient to the Ultimate. They
are existent on four ultimate levels of personality activity and
are functional on the seven levels of the absonite in twelve
grand divisions consisting of one thousand major working groups
of seven classes each. These eventuated beings include the
following orders:
1. The Architects of the Master
Universe.
2. Transcendental Recorders.
3. Other Transcendentalers.
4. Primary Eventuated Master Force
Organizers.
5. Associate Transcendental Master
Force Organizers.
30:1.16 God, as a superperson, eventuates;
God, as a person, creates; God, as a preperson, fragments; and
such an Adjuster fragment of himself evolves the spirit soul
upon the material and mortal mind in accordance with the
freewill choosing of the personality which has been bestowed
upon such a mortal creature by the parental act of God as a
Father.
30:1.17 V. FRAGMENTED ENTITIES OF DEITY.
This order of living existence, originating in the Universal
Father, is best typified by the Thought Adjusters, though these
entities are by no means the only fragmentations of the
prepersonal reality of the First Source and Center. The
functions of the other-than-Adjuster fragments are manifold and
little known. Fusion with an Adjuster or other such fragment
constitutes the creature a Father-fused being.
30:1.18 The fragmentations of the premind
spirit of the Third Source and Center, though hardly comparable
to the Father fragments, should be here recorded. Such entities
differ very greatly from Adjusters; they do not as such dwell on
Spiritington, nor do they as such traverse the mind-gravity
circuits; neither do they indwell mortal creatures during the
life in the flesh. They are not prepersonal in the sense that
the Adjusters are, but such fragments of premind spirit are
bestowed upon certain of the surviving mortals, and fusion
therewith constitutes them Spirit-fused mortals in
contradistinction to Adjuster-fused mortals.
30:1.19 Still more difficult of description is
the individualized spirit of a Creator Son, union with which
constitutes the creature a Son-fused mortal. And there
are still other fragmentations of Deity.
30:1.20 VI. SUPERPERSONAL BEINGS. There
is a vast host of other-than-personal beings of divine origin
and of manifold service in the universe of universes. Certain of
these beings are resident on the Paradise worlds of the Son;
others, like the superpersonal representatives of the Eternal
Son, are encountered elsewhere. They are for the most part
unmentioned in these narratives, and it would be quite futile to
attempt their description to personal creatures.
30:1.21 VII. UNCLASSIFIED AND UNREVEALED
ORDERS. During the present universe age it would not be
possible to place all beings, personal or otherwise, within
classifications pertaining to the present universe age; nor have
all such categories been revealed in these narratives; hence
numerous orders have been omitted from these lists. Consider the
following:
The Consummator of Universe Destiny.
The Qualified Vicegerents of the
Ultimate.
The Unqualified Supervisors of the
Supreme.
The Unrevealed Creative Agencies of
the Ancients of Days.
Majeston of Paradise.
The Unnamed Reflectivator Liaisons
of Majeston.
The Midsonite Orders of the Local
Universes.
30:1.22 No especial significance need attach
to the listing of these orders together except that none of them
appear in the Paradise classification as revealed herein. These
are the unclassified few; you have yet to learn of the
unrevealed many.
30:1.23 There are spirits: spirit entities,
spirit presences, personal spirits, prepersonal spirits,
superpersonal spirits, spirit existences, spirit personalities
-- but neither mortal language nor mortal intellect are
adequate. We may however state that there are no personalities
of "pure mind"; no entity has personality unless he is endowed
with it by God who is spirit. Any mind entity that is not
associated with either spiritual or physical energy is not a
personality. But in the same sense that there are spirit
personalities who have mind there are mind personalities who
have spirit. Majeston and his associates are fairly good
illustrations of mind-dominated beings, but there are better
illustrations of this type of personality unknown to you. There
are even whole unrevealed orders of such mind personalities,
but they are always spirit associated. Certain other unrevealed
creatures are what might be termed mindal- and
physical-energy personalities. This type of being is
nonresponsive to spirit gravity but is nonetheless a true
personality -- is within the Father's circuit.
30:1.24 These papers do not -- cannot -- even
begin to exhaust the story of the living creatures, creators,
eventuators, and still-otherwise-existent beings who live and
worship and serve in the swarming universes of time and in the
central universe of eternity. You mortals are persons; hence we
can describe beings who are personalized, but how could
an absonitized being ever be explained to you?
2. THE UVERSA PERSONALITY REGISTER
30:2.1 The divine family of living beings is
registered on Uversa in seven grand divisions:
1. The Paradise Deities.
2. The Supreme Spirits.
3. The Trinity-origin Beings.
4. The Sons of God.
5. Personalities of the Infinite
Spirit.
6. The Universe Power Directors.
7. The Corps of Permanent
Citizenship.
30:2.2 These groups of will creatures are
divided into numerous classes and minor subdivisions. The
presentation of this classification of the personalities of the
grand universe is however chiefly concerned in setting forth
those orders of intelligent beings who have been revealed in
these narratives, most of whom will be encountered in the
ascendant experience of the mortals of time on their progressive
climb to Paradise. The following listings make no mention of
vast orders of universe beings who carry forward their work
apart from the mortal ascension scheme.
30:2.3 I. THE PARADISE DEITIES.
1. The Universal Father.
2. The Eternal Son.
3. The Infinite Spirit.
30:2.4
II. THE SUPREME SPIRITS.
1. The Seven Master Spirits.
2. The Seven Supreme Executives.
3. The Seven Groups of Reflective
Spirits.
4. The Reflective Image Aids.
5. The Seven Spirits of the
Circuits.
6. Local Universe Creative Spirits.
7. Adjutant Mind-Spirits.
30:2.5 III. THE TRINITY-ORIGIN BEINGS.
1. Trinitized Secrets of Supremacy.
2. Eternals of Days.
3. Ancients of Days.
4. Perfections of Days.
5. Recents of Days.
6. Unions of Days.
7. Faithfuls of Days.
8. Trinity Teacher Sons.
9. Perfectors of Wisdom.
10. Divine Counselors.
11. Universal Censors.
12. Inspired Trinity Spirits.
13. Havona Natives.
14. Paradise Citizens.
30:2.6 IV. THE SONS OF GOD.
30:2.7 A. Descending Sons.
1. Creator Sons -- Michaels.
2. Magisterial Sons -- Avonals.
3. Trinity Teacher Sons -- Daynals.
4. Melchizedek Sons.
5. Vorondadek Sons.
6. Lanonandek Sons.
7. Life Carrier Sons.
30:2.8 B. Ascending Sons.
1. Father-fused Mortals.
2. Son-fused Mortals.
3. Spirit-fused Mortals.
4. Evolutionary Seraphim.
5. Ascending Material Sons.
6. Translated Midwayers.
7. Personalized Adjusters.
30:2.9 C. Trinitized Sons.
1. Mighty Messengers.
2. Those High in Authority.
3. Those without Name and Number.
4. Trinitized Custodians.
5. Trinitized Ambassadors.
6. Celestial Guardians.
7. High Son Assistants.
8. Ascender-trinitized Sons.
9. Paradise-Havona-trinitized Sons.
10. Trinitized Sons of Destiny.
30:2.10 V. PERSONALITIES OF THE INFINITE
SPIRIT.
30:2.11 A. Higher Personalities of the
Infinite Spirit.
1. Solitary Messengers.
2. Universe Circuit Supervisors.
3. Census Directors.
4. Personal Aids of the Infinite
Spirit.
5. Associate Inspectors.
6. Assigned Sentinels.
7. Graduate Guides.
30:2.12 B. The Messenger Hosts of Space.
1. Havona Servitals.
2. Universal Conciliators.
3. Technical Advisers.
4. Custodians of Records on
Paradise.
5. Celestial Recorders.
6. Morontia Companions.
7. Paradise Companions.
30:2.13 C. The Ministering Spirits.
1. Supernaphim.
2. Seconaphim.
3. Tertiaphim.
4. Omniaphim.
5. Seraphim.
6. Cherubim and Sanobim.
7. Midwayers.
30:2.14 VI. THE UNIVERSE POWER DIRECTORS.
30:2.15 A. The Seven Supreme Power
Directors.
30:2.16
B. Supreme Power Centers.
1. Supreme Center Supervisors.
2. Havona Centers.
3. Superuniverse Centers.
4. Local Universe Centers.
5. Constellation Centers.
6. System Centers.
7. Unclassified Centers.
30:2.17 C. Master Physical Controllers.
1. Associate Power Directors.
2. Mechanical Controllers.
3. Energy Transformers.
4. Energy Transmitters.
5. Primary Associators.
6. Secondary Dissociators.
7. Frandalanks and Chronoldeks.
30:2.18 D. Morontia Power Supervisors.
1. Circuit Regulators.
2. System Co-ordinators.
3. Planetary Custodians.
4. Combined Controllers.
5. Liaison Stabilizers.
6. Selective Assorters.
7. Associate Registrars.
30:2.19 VII. THE CORPS OF PERMANENT
CITIZENSHIP.
1. The Planetary Midwayers.
2. The Adamic Sons of the Systems.
3. The Constellation Univitatia.
4. The Local Universe Susatia.
5. Spirit-fused Mortals of the Local
Universes.
6. The Superuniverse Abandonters.
7. Son-fused Mortals of the
Superuniverses.
8. The Havona Natives.
9. Natives of the Paradise Spheres
of the Spirit.
10. Natives of the Father's Paradise
Spheres.
11. The Created Citizens of
Paradise.
12. Adjuster-fused Mortal Citizens
of Paradise.
30:2.20 This is the working classification of
the personalities of the universes as they are of record on the
headquarters world of Uversa.
30:2.21 COMPOSITE PERSONALITY GROUPS.
There are on Uversa the records of numerous additional groups of
intelligent beings, beings that are also closely related to the
organization and administration of the grand universe. Among
such orders are the following three composite personality
groups:
30:2.22 A. The Paradise Corps of the
Finality.
1. The Corps of Mortal Finaliters.
2. The Corps of Paradise Finaliters.
3. The Corps of Trinitized
Finaliters.
4. The Corps of Conjoint Trinitized
Finaliters.
5. The Corps of Havona Finaliters.
6. The Corps of Transcendental
Finaliters.
7. The Corps of Unrevealed Sons of
Destiny.
30:2.23 The Mortal Corps of the Finality is
dealt with in the next and final paper of this series.
30:2.24 B. The Universe Aids.
1. Bright and Morning Stars.
2. Brilliant Evening Stars.
3. Archangels.
4. Most High Assistants.
5. High Commissioners.
6. Celestial Overseers.
7. Mansion World Teachers.
30:2.25 On all headquarters worlds of both
local and superuniverses, provision is made for these beings who
are engaged in specific missions for the Creator Sons, the local
universe rulers. We welcome these Universe Aids on
Uversa, but we have no jurisdiction over them. Such emissaries
prosecute their work and carry on their observations under
authority of the Creator Sons. Their activities are more fully
described in the narrative of your local universe.
30:2.26 C. The Seven Courtesy Colonies.
1. Star Students.
2. Celestial Artisans.
3. Reversion Directors.
4. Extension-school Instructors.
5. The Various Reserve Corps.
6. Student Visitors.
7. Ascending Pilgrims.
30:2.27 These seven groups of beings will be
found thus organized and governed on all headquarters worlds
from the local systems up to the capitals of the superuniverses,
particularly the latter. The capitals of the seven
superuniverses are the meeting places for almost all classes and
orders of intelligent beings. With the exception of numerous
groups of Paradise-Havoners, here the will creatures of every
phase of existence may be observed and studied.
3. THE COURTESY COLONIES
30:3.1 The seven courtesy colonies sojourn on
the architectural spheres for a longer or shorter time while
engaged in the furtherance of their missions and in the
execution of their special assignments. Their work may be
described as follows:
30:3.2 1. The Star Students, the
celestial astronomers, choose to work on spheres like Uversa
because such specially constructed worlds are unusually
favorable for their observations and calculations. Uversa is
favorably situated for the work of this colony, not only because
of its central location, but also because there are no gigantic
living or dead suns near at hand to disturb the energy currents.
These students are not in any manner organically connected with
the affairs of the superuniverse; they are merely guests.
30:3.3 The astronomical colony of Uversa
contains individuals from many near-by realms, from the central
universe, and even from Norlatiadek. Any being on any world in
any system of any universe may become a star student, may aspire
to join some corps of celestial astronomers. The only requisites
are: continuing life and sufficient knowledge of the worlds of
space, especially their physical laws of evolution and control.
Star students are not required to serve eternally in this corps,
but no one admitted to this group may withdraw under one
millennium of Uversa time.
30:3.4 The star-observer colony of Uversa now
numbers over one million. These astronomers come and go, though
some remain for comparatively long periods. They carry on their
work with the aid of a multitude of mechanical instruments and
physical appliances; they are also greatly assisted by the
Solitary Messengers and other spirit explorers. These celestial
astronomers make constant use of the living energy transformers
and transmitters, as well as of the reflective personalities, in
their work of star study and space survey. They study all forms
and phases of space material and energy manifestations, and they
are just as much interested in force function as in stellar
phenomena; nothing in all space escapes their scrutiny.
30:3.5 Similar astronomer colonies are to be
found on the sector headquarters worlds of the superuniverse as
well as on the architectural capitals of the local universes and
their administrative subdivisions. Except on Paradise, knowledge
is not inherent; understanding of the physical universe is
largely dependent on observation and research.
30:3.6 2. The Celestial Artisans serve
throughout the seven superuniverses. Ascending mortals have
their initial contact with these groups in the morontia career
of the local universe in connection with which these artisans
will be more fully discussed.
30:3.7 3. The Reversion Directors are
the promoters of relaxation and humor -- reversion to past
memories. They are of great service in the practical operation
of the ascending scheme of mortal progression, especially during
the earlier phases of morontia transition and spirit experience.
Their story belongs to the narrative of the mortal career in the
local universe.
30:3.8 4. Extension-School Instructors.
The next higher residential world of the ascendant career always
maintains a strong corps of teachers on the world just below, a
sort of preparatory school for the progressing residents of that
sphere; this is a phase of the ascendant scheme for advancing
the pilgrims of time. These schools, their methods of
instruction and examinations, are wholly unlike anything which
you essay to conduct on Urantia.
30:3.9 The entire ascendant plan of mortal
progression is characterized by the practice of giving out to
other beings new truth and experience just as soon as acquired.
You work your way through the long school of Paradise attainment
by serving as teachers to those pupils just behind you in the
scale of progression.
30:3.10 5. The Various Reserve Corps.
Vast reserves of beings not under our immediate supervision are
mobilized on Uversa as the reserve-corps colony. There are
seventy primary divisions of this colony on Uversa, and it is a
liberal education to be permitted to spend a season with these
extraordinary personalities. Similar general reserves are
maintained on Salvington and other universe capitals; they are
dispatched on active service on the requisition of their
respective group directors.
30:3.11 6. The Student Visitors. From
all the universe a constant stream of celestial visitors pours
through the various headquarters worlds. As individuals and as
classes these various types of beings flock in upon us as
observers, exchange pupils, and student helpers. On Uversa, at
present, there are over one billion persons in this courtesy
colony. Some of these visitors may tarry a day, others may
remain a year, all dependent on the nature of their mission.
This colony contains almost every class of universe beings
except Creator personalities and morontia mortals.
30:3.12 Morontia mortals are student visitors
only within the confines of the local universe of their origin.
They may visit in a superuniverse capacity only after they have
attained spirit status. Fully one half of our visitor colony
consists of "stopovers," beings enroute elsewhere who pause to
visit the Orvonton capital. These personalities may be executing
a universe assignment, or they may be enjoying a period of
leisure -- freedom from assignment. The privilege of
intrauniverse travel and observation is a part of the career of
all ascending beings. The human desire to travel and observe new
peoples and worlds will be fully gratified during the long and
eventful climb to Paradise through the local, super-, and
central universes.
30:3.13 7. The Ascending Pilgrims. As
the ascending pilgrims are assigned to various services in
connection with their Paradise progression, they are domiciled
as a courtesy colony on the various headquarters spheres. While
functioning here and there throughout a superuniverse, such
groups are largely self-governing. They are an ever-shifting
colony embracing all orders of evolutionary mortals and their
ascending associates.
4. THE ASCENDING MORTALS
30:4.1 While the mortal survivors of time and
space are denominated ascending pilgrims when accredited
for the progressive ascent to Paradise, these evolutionary
creatures occupy such an important place in these narratives
that we here desire to present a synopsis of the following seven
stages of the ascending universe career:
1. Planetary Mortals.
2. Sleeping Survivors.
3. Mansion World Students.
4. Morontia Progressors.
5. Superuniverse Wards.
6. Havona Pilgrims.
7. Paradise Arrivals.
30:4.2 The following narrative presents the
universe career of an Adjuster-indwelt mortal. The Son- and
Spirit-fused mortals share portions of this career, but we have
elected to tell this story as it pertains to the Adjuster-fused
mortals, for such a destiny may be anticipated by all of the
human races of Urantia.
30:4.3 1. Planetary Mortals. Mortals
are all animal-origin evolutionary beings of ascendant
potential. In origin, nature, and destiny these various groups
and types of human beings are not wholly unlike the Urantia
peoples. The human races of each world receive the same ministry
of the Sons of God and enjoy the presence of the ministering
spirits of time. After natural death all types of ascenders
fraternize as one morontia family on the mansion worlds.
30:4.4 2. Sleeping Survivors. All
mortals of survival status, in the custody of personal guardians
of destiny, pass through the portals of natural death and, on
the third period, personalize on the mansion worlds. Those
accredited beings who have, for any reason, been unable to
attain that level of intelligence mastery and endowment of
spirituality which would entitle them to personal guardians,
cannot thus immediately and directly go to the mansion worlds.
Such surviving souls must rest in unconscious sleep until the
judgment day of a new epoch, a new dispensation, the coming of a
Son of God to call the rolls of the age and adjudicate the
realm, and this is the general practice throughout all Nebadon.
It was said of Christ Michael that, when he ascended on high at
the conclusion of his work on earth, "He led a great multitude
of captives." And these captives were the sleeping survivors
from the days of Adam to the day of the Master's resurrection on
Urantia.
30:4.5 The passing of time is of no moment to
sleeping mortals; they are wholly unconscious and oblivious to
the length of their rest. On reassembly of personality at the
end of an age, those who have slept five thousand years will
react no differently than those who have rested five days. Aside
from this time delay these survivors pass on through the
ascension regime identically with those who avoid the longer or
shorter sleep of death.
30:4.6 These dispensational classes of world
pilgrims are utilized for group morontia activities in the work
of the local universes. There is a great advantage in the
mobilization of such enormous groups; they are thus kept
together for long periods of effective service.
30:4.7 3. Mansion World Students. All
surviving mortals who reawaken on the mansion worlds belong to
this class.
30:4.8 The physical body of mortal flesh is
not a part of the reassembly of the sleeping survivor; the
physical body has returned to dust. The seraphim of assignment
sponsors the new body, the morontia form, as the new life
vehicle for the immortal soul and for the indwelling of the
returned Adjuster. The Adjuster is the custodian of the spirit
transcript of the mind of the sleeping survivor. The assigned
seraphim is the keeper of the surviving identity -- the immortal
soul -- as far as it has evolved. And when these two, the
Adjuster and the seraphim, reunite their personality trusts, the
new individual constitutes the resurrection of the old
personality, the survival of the evolving morontia identity of
the soul. Such a reassociation of soul and Adjuster is quite
properly called a resurrection, a reassembly of personality
factors; but even this does not entirely explain the
reappearance of the surviving personality. Though you
will probably never understand the fact of such an inexplicable
transaction, you will sometime experientially know the truth of
it if you do not reject the plan of mortal survival.
30:4.9 The plan of initial mortal detention on
seven worlds of progressive training is nearly universal in
Orvonton. In each local system of approximately one thousand
inhabited planets there are seven mansion worlds, usually
satellites or subsatellites of the system capital. They are the
receiving worlds for the majority of ascending mortals.
30:4.10 Sometimes all training worlds of
mortal residence are called universe "mansions," and it was to
such spheres that Jesus alluded when he said: "In my Father's
house are many mansions." From here on, within a given group of
spheres like the mansion worlds, ascenders will progress
individually from one sphere to another and from one phase of
life to another, but they will always advance from one stage of
universe study to another in class formation.
30:4.11 4. Morontia Progressors. From
the mansion worlds on up through the spheres of the system,
constellation, and the universe, mortals are classed as morontia
progressors; they are traversing the transition spheres of
mortal ascension. As the ascending mortals progress from the
lower to the higher of the morontia worlds, they serve on
countless assignments in association with their teachers and in
company with their more advanced and senior brethren.
30:4.12 Morontia progression pertains to
continuing advancement of intellect, spirit, and personality
form. Survivors are still three-natured beings. Throughout the
entire morontia experience they are wards of the local universe.
The regime of the superuniverse does not function until the
spirit career begins.
30:4.13 Mortals acquire real spirit identity
just before they leave the local universe headquarters for the
receiving worlds of the minor sectors of the superuniverse.
Passing from the final morontia stage to the first or lowest
spirit status is but a slight transition. The mind, personality,
and character are unchanged by such an advance; only does the
form undergo modification. But the spirit form is just as real
as the morontia body, and it is equally discernible.
30:4.14 Before departing from their native
local universes for the superuniverse receiving worlds, the
mortals of time are recipients of spirit confirmation from the
Creator Son and the local universe Mother Spirit. From this
point on, the status of the ascending mortal is forever settled.
Superuniverse wards have never been known to go astray.
Ascending seraphim are also advanced in angelic standing at the
time of their departure from the local universes.
30:4.15 5. Superuniverse Wards. All
ascenders arriving on the training worlds of the superuniverses
become the wards of the Ancients of Days; they have traversed
the morontia life of the local universe and are now accredited
spirits. As young spirits they begin the ascension of the
superuniverse system of training and culture, extending from the
receiving spheres of their minor sector in through the study
worlds of the ten major sectors and on to the higher cultural
spheres of the superuniverse headquarters.
30:4.16 There are three orders of student
spirits in accordance with their sojourn upon the minor sector,
major sectors, and the superuniverse headquarters worlds of
spirit progression. As morontia ascenders studied and worked on
the worlds of the local universe, so spirit ascenders continue
to master new worlds while they practice at giving out to others
that which they have imbibed at the experiential founts of
wisdom. But going to school as a spirit being in the
superuniverse career is very unlike anything that has ever
entered the imaginative realms of the material mind of man.
30:4.17 Before leaving the superuniverse for
Havona, these ascending spirits receive the same thorough course
in superuniverse management that they received during their
morontia experience in local universe supervision. Before spirit
mortals reach Havona, their chief study, but not exclusive
occupation, is the mastery of local and superuniverse
administration. The reason for all of this experience is not now
fully apparent, but no doubt such training is wise and necessary
in view of their possible future destiny as members of the Corps
of the Finality.
30:4.18 The superuniverse regime is not the
same for all ascending mortals. They receive the same general
education, but special groups and classes are carried through
special courses of instruction and are put through specific
courses of training.
30:4.19 6. Havona Pilgrims. When spirit
development is complete, even though not replete, then the
surviving mortal prepares for the long flight to Havona, the
haven of evolutionary spirits. On earth you were a creature of
flesh and blood; through the local universe you were a morontia
being; through the superuniverse you were an evolving spirit;
with your arrival on the receiving worlds of Havona your
spiritual education begins in reality and in earnest; your
eventual appearance on Paradise will be as a perfected spirit.
30:4.20 The journey from the superuniverse
headquarters to the Havona receiving spheres is always made
alone. From now on no more class or group instruction will be
administered. You are through with the technical and
administrative training of the evolutionary worlds of time and
space. Now begins your personal education, your individual
spiritual training. From first to last, throughout all Havona,
the instruction is personal and threefold in nature:
intellectual, spiritual, and experiential.
30:4.21 The first act of your Havona career
will be to recognize and thank your transport seconaphim for the
long and safe journey. Then you are presented to those beings
who will sponsor your early Havona activities. Next you go to
register your arrival and prepare your message of thanksgiving
and adoration for dispatch to the Creator Son of your local
universe, the universe Father who made possible your sonship
career. This concludes the formalities of the Havona arrival;
whereupon you are accorded a long period of leisure for free
observation, and this affords opportunity for looking up your
friends, fellows, and associates of the long ascension
experience. You may also consult the broadcasts to ascertain who
of your fellow pilgrims have departed for Havona since the time
of your leaving Uversa.
30:4.22 The fact of your arrival on the
receiving worlds of Havona will be duly transmitted to the
headquarters of your local universe and personally conveyed to
your seraphic guardian, wherever that seraphim may chance to be.
30:4.23 The ascendant mortals have been
thoroughly trained in the affairs of the evolutionary worlds of
space; now they begin their long and profitable contact with the
created spheres of perfection. What a preparation for some
future work is afforded by this combined, unique, and
extraordinary experience! But I cannot tell you about Havona;
you must see these worlds to appreciate their glory or to
understand their grandeur.
30:4.24 7. Paradise Arrivals. On
reaching Paradise with residential status, you begin the
progressive course in divinity and absonity. Your residence on
Paradise signifies that you have found God, and that you are to
be mustered into the Mortal Corps of the Finality. Of all the
creatures of the grand universe, only those who are Father fused
are mustered into the Mortal Corps of the Finality. Only such
individuals take the finaliter oath. Other beings of Paradise
perfection or attainment may be temporarily attached to this
finality corps, but they are not of eternal assignment to the
unknown and unrevealed mission of this accumulating host of the
evolutionary and perfected veterans of time and space.
30:4.25 Paradise arrivals are accorded a
period of freedom, after which they begin their associations
with the seven groups of the primary supernaphim. They are
designated Paradise graduates when they have finished their
course with the conductors of worship and then, as finaliters,
are assigned on observational and co-operative service to the
ends of the far-flung creation. As yet there seems to be no
specific or settled employment for the Mortal Corps of
Finaliters, though they serve in many capacities on worlds
settled in light and life.
30:4.26 If there should be no future or
unrevealed destiny for the Mortal Corps of the Finality, the
present assignment of these ascendant beings would be altogether
adequate and glorious. Their present destiny wholly justifies
the universal plan of evolutionary ascent. But the future ages
of the evolution of the spheres of outer space will undoubtedly
further elaborate, and with more repleteness divinely
illuminate, the wisdom and loving-kindness of the Gods in the
execution of their divine plan of human survival and mortal
ascension.
30:4.27 This narrative, together with what has
been revealed to you and with what you may acquire in connection
with instruction respecting your own world, presents an outline
of the career of an ascending mortal. The story varies
considerably in the different superuniverses, but this recital
affords a glimpse of the average plan of mortal progression as
it is operative in the local universe of Nebadon and in the
seventh segment of the grand universe, the superuniverse of
Orvonton.
30:4.28
Sponsored by a Mighty Messenger from Uversa.