The Urantia Book
PAPER 34
THE LOCAL UNIVERSE MOTHER SPIRIT
Presented by a Mighty Messenger temporarily assigned to service
on Urantia.
34:0.1 WHEN a Creator Son is personalized by
the Universal Father and the Eternal Son, then does the Infinite
Spirit individualize a new and unique representation of himself
to accompany this Creator Son to the realms of space, there to
be his companion, first, in physical organization and, later, in
creation and ministry to the creatures of the newly projected
universe.
34:0.2 A Creative Spirit reacts to both
physical and spiritual realities; so does a Creator Son; and
thus are they co-ordinate and associate in the administration of
a local universe of time and space.
34:0.3 These Daughter Spirits are of the
essence of the Infinite Spirit, but they cannot function in the
work of physical creation and spiritual ministry simultaneously.
In physical creation the Universe Son provides the pattern while
the Universe Spirit initiates the materialization of physical
realities. The Son operates in the power designs, but the Spirit
transforms these energy creations into physical substances.
Although it is somewhat difficult to portray this early universe
presence of the Infinite Spirit as a person, nevertheless, to
the Creator Son the Spirit associate is personal and has always
functioned as a distinct individual.
1. PERSONALIZATION OF THE CREATIVE SPIRIT
34:1.1 After the completion of the physical
organization of a starry and planetary cluster and the
establishment of the energy circuits by the superuniverse power
centers, subsequent to this preliminary work of creation by the
agencies of the Infinite Spirit, operating through, and under
the direction of, his local universe creative focalization,
there goes forth the proclamation of the Michael Son that life
is next to be projected in the newly organized universe. Upon
the Paradise recognition of this declaration of intention, there
occurs a reaction of approval in the Paradise Trinity, followed
by the disappearance in the spiritual shining of the Deities of
the Master Spirit in whose superuniverse this new creation is
organizing. Meanwhile the other Master Spirits draw near this
central lodgment of the Paradise Deities, and subsequently, when
the Deity-embraced Master Spirit emerges to the recognition of
his fellows, there occurs what is known as a "primary eruption."
This is a tremendous spiritual flash, a phenomenon clearly
discernible as far away as the headquarters of the superuniverse
concerned; and simultaneously with this little-understood
Trinity manifestation there occurs a marked change in the nature
of the creative spirit presence and power of the Infinite Spirit
resident in the local universe concerned. In response to these
Paradise phenomena there immediately personalizes, in the very
presence of the Creator Son, a new personal representation of
the Infinite Spirit. This is the Divine Minister. The
individualized Creative Spirit helper of the Creator Son has
become his personal creative associate, the local universe
Mother Spirit.
34:1.2 From and through this new personal
segregation of the Conjoint Creator there proceed the
established currents and the ordained circuits of spirit power
and spiritual influence destined to pervade all the worlds and
beings of that local universe. In reality, this new and personal
presence is but a transformation of the pre-existent and less
personal associate of the Son in his earlier work of physical
universe organization.
34:1.3 This is the relation of a stupendous
drama in few words, but it represents about all that can be told
regarding these momentous transactions. They are instantaneous,
inscrutable, and incomprehensible; the secret of the technique
and procedure resides in the bosom of the Paradise Trinity. Of
only one thing are we certain: The Spirit presence in the local
universe during the time of purely physical creation or
organization was incompletely differentiated from the spirit of
the Paradise Infinite Spirit; whereas, after the reappearance of
the supervising Master Spirit from the secret embrace of the
Gods and following the flash of spiritual energy, the local
universe manifestation of the Infinite Spirit suddenly and
completely changes to the personal likeness of that Master
Spirit who was in transmuting liaison with the Infinite Spirit.
The local universe Mother Spirit thus acquires a personal nature
tinged by that of the Master Spirit of the superuniverse of
astronomic jurisdiction.
34:1.4 This personalized presence of the
Infinite Spirit, the Creative Mother Spirit of the local
universe, is known in Satania as the Divine Minister. To all
practical intents and spiritual purposes this manifestation of
Deity is a divine individual, a spirit person. And she is so
recognized and regarded by the Creator Son. It is through this
localization and personalization of the Third Source and Center
in our local universe that the Spirit could subsequently become
so fully subject to the Creator Son that of this Son it was
truly said, "All power in heaven and on earth has been intrusted
to him."
2. NATURE OF THE DIVINE MINISTER
34:2.1 Having undergone marked personality
metamorphosis at the time of life creation, the Divine Minister
thereafter functions as a person and co-operates in a very
personal manner with the Creator Son in the planning and
management of the extensive affairs of their local creation. To
many universe types of being, even this representation of the
Infinite Spirit may not appear to be wholly personal during the
ages preceding the final Michael bestowal; but subsequent to the
elevation of the Creator Son to the sovereign authority of a
Master Son, the Creative Mother Spirit becomes so augmented in
personal qualities as to be personally recognized by all
contacting individuals.
34:2.2 From the earliest association with the
Creator Son the Universe Spirit possesses all the
physical-control attributes of the Infinite Spirit, including
the full endowment of antigravity. Upon the attainment of
personal status the Universe Spirit exerts just as full and
complete control of mind gravity, in the local universe, as
would the Infinite Spirit if personally present.
34:2.3 In each local universe the Divine
Minister functions in accordance with the nature and inherent
characteristics of the Infinite Spirit as embodied in one of the
Seven Master Spirits of Paradise. While there is a basic
uniformity of character in all Universe Spirits, there is also a
diversity of function, determined by their origin through one of
the Seven Master Spirits. This differential of origin accounts
for the diverse techniques in the function of the local universe
Mother Spirits in different superuniverses. But in all essential
spiritual attributes these Spirits are identical, equally
spiritual and wholly divine, irrespective of superuniverse
differentiation.
34:2.4 The Creative Spirit is coresponsible
with the Creator Son in producing the creatures of the worlds
and never fails the Son in all efforts to uphold and conserve
these creations. Life is ministered and maintained through the
agency of the Creative Spirit. "You send forth your Spirit, and
they are created. You renew the face of the earth."
34:2.5 In the creation of a universe of
intelligent creatures the Creative Mother Spirit functions first
in the sphere of universe perfection, collaborating with the Son
in the production of the Bright and Morning Star. Subsequently
the offspring of the Spirit increasingly approach the order of
created beings on the planets, even as the Sons grade downward
from the Melchizedeks to the Material Sons, who actually contact
with the mortals of the realms. In the later evolution of mortal
creatures the Life Carrier Sons provide the physical body,
fabricated out of the existing organized material of the realm,
while the Universe Spirit contributes the "breath of life."
34:2.6 While the seventh segment of the grand
universe may, in many respects, be tardy in development,
thoughtful students of our problems look forward to the
evolution of an extraordinarily well-balanced creation in the
ages to come. We predict this high degree of symmetry in
Orvonton because the presiding Spirit of this superuniverse is
the chief of the Master Spirits on high, being a spirit
intelligence embodying the balanced union and perfect
co-ordination of the traits and character of all three of the
eternal Deities. We are tardy and backward in comparison with
other sectors, but there undoubtedly awaits us a transcendent
development and an unprecedented achievement sometime in the
eternal ages of the future.
3. THE SON AND SPIRIT IN TIME AND SPACE
34:3.1 Neither the Eternal Son nor the
Infinite Spirit is limited or conditioned by either time or
space, but most of their offspring are.
34:3.2 The Infinite Spirit pervades all space
and indwells the circle of eternity. Still, in their personal
contact with the children of time, the personalities of the
Infinite Spirit must often reckon with temporal elements, though
not so much with space. Many mind ministries ignore space but
suffer a time lag in effecting co-ordination of diverse levels
of universe reality. A Solitary Messenger is virtually
independent of space except that time is actually required in
traveling from one location to another; and there are similar
entities unknown to you.
34:3.3 In personal prerogatives a Creative
Spirit is wholly and entirely independent of space, but not of
time. There is no specialized personal presence of such a
Universe Spirit on either the constellation or system
headquarters. She is equally and diffusely present throughout
her entire local universe and is, therefore, just as literally
and personally present on one world as on any other.
34:3.4 Only as regards the element of time is
a Creative Spirit ever limited in her universe ministrations. A
Creator Son acts instantaneously throughout his universe; but
the Creative Spirit must reckon with time in the ministration of
the universal mind except as she consciously and designedly
avails herself of the personal prerogatives of the Universe Son.
In pure-spirit function the Creative Spirit also acts
independently of time as well as in her collaboration with the
mysterious function of universe reflectivity.
34:3.5 Though the spirit-gravity circuit of
the Eternal Son operates independently of both time and space,
all functions of the Creator Sons are not exempt from space
limitations. If the transactions of the evolutionary worlds are
excepted, these Michael Sons seem to be able to operate
relatively independent of time. A Creator Son is not handicapped
by time, but he is conditioned by space; he cannot personally be
in two places at the same time. Michael of Nebadon acts
timelessly within his own universe and by reflectivity
practically so in the superuniverse. He communicates timelessly
with the Eternal Son directly.
34:3.6 The Divine Minister is the
understanding helper of the Creator Son, enabling him to
overcome and atone for his inherent limitations regarding space,
for when these two function in administrative union, they are
practically independent of time and space within the confines of
their local creation. Therefore, as practically observed
throughout a local universe, the Creator Son and the Creative
Spirit usually function independently of both time and space
since there is always available to each the time and the space
liberation of the other.
34:3.7 Only absolute beings are independent of
time and space in the absolute sense. The majority of the
subordinate persons of both the Eternal Son and the Infinite
Spirit are subject to both time and space.
34:3.8 When a Creative Spirit becomes "space
conscious," she is preparing to recognize a circumscribed "space
domain" as hers, a realm in which to be space free in
contradistinction to all other space by which she would be
conditioned. One is free to choose and act only within the realm
of one's consciousness.
4. THE LOCAL UNIVERSE CIRCUITS
34:4.1 There are three distinct spirit
circuits in the local universe of Nebadon:
1. The bestowal spirit of the
Creator Son, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth.
2. The spirit circuit of the Divine
Minister, the Holy Spirit.
3. The intelligence-ministry
circuit, including the more or less unified activities but
diverse functioning of the seven adjutant mind-spirits.
34:4.2 The Creator Sons are endowed with a
spirit of universe presence in many ways analogous to that of
the Seven Master Spirits of Paradise. This is the Spirit of
Truth which is poured out upon a world by a bestowal Son after
he receives spiritual title to such a sphere. This bestowed
Comforter is the spiritual force which ever draws all truth
seekers towards Him who is the personification of truth in the
local universe. This spirit is an inherent endowment of the
Creator Son, emerging from his divine nature just as the master
circuits of the grand universe are derived from the personality
presences of the Paradise Deities.
34:4.3 The Creator Son may come and go; his
personal presence may be in the local universe or elsewhere; yet
the Spirit of Truth functions undisturbed, for this divine
presence, while derived from the personality of the Creator Son,
is functionally centered in the person of the Divine Minister.
34:4.4 The Universe Mother Spirit, however,
never leaves the local universe headquarters world. The spirit
of the Creator Son may and does function independently of the
personal presence of the Son, but not so with her personal
spirit. The Holy Spirit of the Divine Minister would become
nonfunctional if her personal presence should be removed from
Salvington. Her spirit presence seems to be fixed on the
universe headquarters world, and it is this very fact that
enables the spirit of the Creator Son to function independently
of the whereabouts of the Son. The Universe Mother Spirit acts
as the universe focus and center of the Spirit of Truth as well
as of her own personal influence, the Holy Spirit.
34:4.5 The Creator Father-Son and the Creative
Mother Spirit both contribute variously to the mind endowment of
their local universe children. But the Creative Spirit does not
bestow mind until she is endowed with personal prerogatives.
34:4.6 The superevolutionary orders of
personality in a local universe are endowed with the local
universe type of the superuniverse pattern of mind. The human
and the subhuman orders of evolutionary life are endowed with
the adjutant spirit types of mind ministration.
34:4.7 The seven adjutant mind-spirits are the
creation of the Divine Minister of a local universe. These
mind-spirits are similar in character but diverse in power, and
all partake alike of the nature of the Universe Spirit, although
they are hardly regarded as personalities apart from their
Mother Creator. The seven adjutants have been given the
following names: the spirit of wisdom, the spirit of
worship, the spirit of counsel, the spirit of
knowledge, the spirit of courage, the spirit of
understanding, the spirit of intuition -- of quick
perception.
34:4.8 These are the "seven spirits of God,"
"like lamps burning before the throne," which the prophet saw in
the symbols of vision. But he did not see the seats of the four
and twenty sentinels about these seven adjutant mind-spirits.
This record represents the confusion of two presentations, one
pertaining to the universe headquarters and the other to the
system capital. The seats of the four and twenty elders are on
Jerusem, the headquarters of your local system of inhabited
worlds.
34:4.9 But it was of Salvington that John
wrote: "And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and
thunderings and voices" -- the universe broadcasts to the local
systems. He also envisaged the directional control creatures of
the local universe, the living compasses of the headquarters
world. This directional control in Nebadon is maintained by the
four control creatures of Salvington, who operate over the
universe currents and are ably assisted by the first functioning
mind-spirit, the adjutant of intuition, the spirit of "quick
understanding." But the description of these four creatures --
called beasts -- has been sadly marred; they are of unparalleled
beauty and exquisite form.
34:4.10 The four points of the compass are
universal and inherent in the life of Nebadon. All living
creatures possess bodily units which are sensitive and
responsive to these directional currents. These creature
creations are duplicated on down through the universe to the
individual planets and, in conjunction with the magnetic forces
of the worlds, so activate the hosts of microscopic bodies in
the animal organism that these direction cells ever point north
and south. Thus is the sense of orientation forever fixed in the
living beings of the universe. This sense is not wholly wanting
as a conscious possession by mankind. These bodies were first
observed on Urantia about the time of this narration.
5. THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT
34:5.1 The Divine Minister co-operates with
the Creator Son in the formulation of life and the creation of
new orders of beings up to the time of his seventh bestowal and,
subsequently, after his elevation to the full sovereignty of the
universe, continues to collaborate with the Son and the Son's
bestowed spirit in the further work of world ministry and
planetary progression.
34:5.2 On the inhabited worlds the Spirit
begins the work of evolutionary progression, starting with the
lifeless material of the realm, first endowing vegetable life,
then the animal organisms, then the first orders of human
existence; and each succeeding impartation contributes to the
further unfolding of the evolutionary potential of planetary
life from the initial and primitive stages to the appearance of
will creatures. This labor of the Spirit is largely effected
through the seven adjutants, the spirits of promise, the
unifying and co-ordinating spirit-mind of the evolving planets,
ever and unitedly leading the races of men towards higher ideas
and spiritual ideals.
34:5.3 Mortal man first experiences the
ministry of the Spirit in conjunction with mind when the purely
animal mind of evolutionary creatures develops reception
capacity for the adjutants of worship and of wisdom. This
ministry of the sixth and seventh adjutants indicates mind
evolution crossing the threshold of spiritual ministry. And
immediately are such minds of worship- and wisdom-function
included in the spiritual circuits of the Divine Minister.
34:5.4 When mind is thus endowed with the
ministry of the Holy Spirit, it possesses the capacity for
(consciously or unconsciously) choosing the spiritual presence
of the Universal Father -- the Thought Adjuster. But it is not
until a bestowal Son has liberated the Spirit of Truth for
planetary ministry to all mortals that all normal minds are
automatically prepared for the reception of the Thought
Adjusters. The Spirit of Truth works as one with the presence of
the spirit of the Divine Minister. This dual spirit liaison
hovers over the worlds, seeking to teach truth and to
spiritually enlighten the minds of men, to inspire the souls of
the creatures of the ascending races, and to lead the peoples
dwelling on the evolutionary planets ever towards their Paradise
goal of divine destiny.
34:5.5 Though the Spirit of Truth is poured
out upon all flesh, this spirit of the Son is almost wholly
limited in function and power by man's personal reception of
that which constitutes the sum and substance of the mission of
the bestowal Son. The Holy Spirit is partly independent of human
attitude and partially conditioned by the decisions and
co-operation of the will of man. Nevertheless, the ministry of
the Holy Spirit becomes increasingly effective in the
sanctification and spiritualization of the inner life of those
mortals who the more fully obey the divine leadings.
34:5.6 As individuals you do not personally
possess a segregated portion or entity of the spirit of the
Creator Father-Son or the Creative Mother Spirit; these
ministries do not contact with, nor indwell, the thinking
centers of the individual's mind as do the Mystery Monitors.
Thought Adjusters are definite individualizations of the
prepersonal reality of the Universal Father, actually indwelling
the mortal mind as a very part of that mind, and they ever work
in perfect harmony with the combined spirits of the Creator Son
and Creative Spirit.
34:5.7 The presence of the Holy Spirit of the
Universe Daughter of the Infinite Spirit, of the Spirit of Truth
of the Universe Son of the Eternal Son, and of the
Adjuster-spirit of the Paradise Father in or with an
evolutionary mortal, denotes symmetry of spiritual endowment and
ministry and qualifies such a mortal consciously to realize the
faith-fact of sonship with God.
6. THE SPIRIT IN MAN
34:6.1 With the advancing evolution of an
inhabited planet and the further spiritualization of its
inhabitants, additional spiritual influences may be received by
such mature personalities. As mortals progress in mind control
and spirit perception, these multiple spirit ministries become
more and more co-ordinate in function; they become increasingly
blended with the overministry of the Paradise Trinity.
34:6.2 Although Divinity may be plural in
manifestation, in human experience Deity is singular, always
one. Neither is spiritual ministry plural in human
experience. Regardless of plurality of origin, all spirit
influences are one in function. Indeed they are one, being the
spirit ministry of God the Sevenfold in and to the creatures of
the grand universe; and as creatures grow in appreciation of,
and receptivity for, this unifying ministry of the spirit, it
becomes in their experience the ministry of God the Supreme.
34:6.3 From the heights of eternal glory the
divine Spirit descends, by a long series of steps, to meet you
as you are and where you are and then, in the partnership of
faith, lovingly to embrace the soul of mortal origin and to
embark on the sure and certain retracement of those steps of
condescension, never stopping until the evolutionary soul is
safely exalted to the very heights of bliss from which the
divine Spirit originally sallied forth on this mission of mercy
and ministry.
34:6.4 Spiritual forces unerringly seek and
attain their own original levels. Having gone out from the
Eternal, they are certain to return thereto, bringing with them
all those children of time and space who have espoused the
leading and teaching of the indwelling Adjuster, those who have
been truly "born of the Spirit," the faith sons of God.
34:6.5 The divine Spirit is the source of
continual ministry and encouragement to the children of men.
Your power and achievement is "according to his mercy, through
the renewing of the Spirit." Spiritual life, like physical
energy, is consumed. Spiritual effort results in relative
spiritual exhaustion. The whole ascendant experience is real as
well as spiritual; therefore, it is truly written, "It is the
Spirit that quickens." "The Spirit gives life."
34:6.6 The dead theory of even the highest
religious doctrines is powerless to transform human character or
to control mortal behavior. What the world of today needs is the
truth which your teacher of old declared: "Not in word only but
also in power and in the Holy Spirit." The seed of theoretical
truth is dead, the highest moral concepts without effect, unless
and until the divine Spirit breathes upon the forms of truth and
quickens the formulas of righteousness.
34:6.7 Those who have received and recognized
the indwelling of God have been born of the Spirit. "You are the
temple of God, and the spirit of God dwells in you." It is not
enough that this spirit be poured out upon you; the divine
Spirit must dominate and control every phase of human
experience.
34:6.8 It is the presence of the divine
Spirit, the water of life, that prevents the consuming thirst of
mortal discontent and that indescribable hunger of the
unspiritualized human mind. Spirit-motivated beings "never
thirst, for this spiritual water shall be in them a well of
satisfaction springing up into life everlasting." Such divinely
watered souls are all but independent of material environment as
regards the joys of living and the satisfactions of earthly
existence. They are spiritually illuminated and refreshed,
morally strengthened and endowed.
34:6.9 In every mortal there exists a dual
nature: the inheritance of animal tendencies and the high urge
of spirit endowment. During the short life you live on Urantia,
these two diverse and opposing urges can seldom be fully
reconciled; they can hardly be harmonized and unified; but
throughout your lifetime the combined Spirit ever ministers to
assist you in subjecting the flesh more and more to the leading
of the Spirit. Even though you must live your material life
through, even though you cannot escape the body and its
necessities, nonetheless, in purpose and ideals you are
empowered increasingly to subject the animal nature to the
mastery of the Spirit. There truly exists within you a
conspiracy of spiritual forces, a confederation of divine
powers, whose exclusive purpose is to effect your final
deliverance from material bondage and finite handicaps.
34:6.10 The purpose of all this ministration
is, "That you may be strengthened with power through His spirit
in the inner man." And all this represents but the preliminary
steps to the final attainment of the perfection of faith and
service, that experience wherein you shall be "filled with all
the fullness of God," "for all those who are led by the spirit
of God are the sons of God."
34:6.11
The Spirit never
drives, only
leads. If you are a willing learner, if you want to attain
spirit levels and reach divine heights, if you sincerely desire
to reach the eternal goal, then the divine Spirit will gently
and lovingly lead you along the pathway of sonship and spiritual
progress. Every step you take must be one of willingness,
intelligent and cheerful co-operation. The domination of the
Spirit is never tainted with coercion nor compromised by
compulsion.
34:6.12 And when such a life of spirit
guidance is freely and intelligently accepted, there gradually
develops within the human mind a positive consciousness of
divine contact and assurance of spirit communion; sooner or
later "the Spirit bears witness with your spirit (the Adjuster)
that you are a child of God." Already has your own Thought
Adjuster told you of your kinship to God so that the record
testifies that the Spirit bears witness "with your
spirit," not to your spirit.
34:6.13 The consciousness of the spirit
domination of a human life is presently attended by an
increasing exhibition of the characteristics of the Spirit in
the life reactions of such a spirit-led mortal, "for the fruits
of the spirit are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance." Such spirit-guided
and divinely illuminated mortals, while they yet tread the lowly
paths of toil and in human faithfulness perform the duties of
their earthly assignments, have already begun to discern the
lights of eternal life as they glimmer on the faraway shores of
another world; already have they begun to comprehend the reality
of that inspiring and comforting truth, "The kingdom of God is
not meat and drink but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy
Spirit." And throughout every trial and in the presence of every
hardship, spirit-born souls are sustained by that hope which
transcends all fear because the love of God is shed abroad in
all hearts by the presence of the divine Spirit.
7. THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH
34:7.1 The flesh, the inherent nature derived
from the animal-origin races, does not naturally bear the fruits
of the divine Spirit. When the mortal nature has been upstepped
by the addition of the nature of the Material Sons of God, as
the Urantia races were in a measure advanced by the bestowal of
Adam, then is the way better prepared for the Spirit of Truth to
co-operate with the indwelling Adjuster to bring forth the
beautiful harvest of the character fruits of the spirit. If you
do not reject this spirit, even though eternity may be required
to fulfill the commission, "he will guide you into all truth."
34:7.2 Evolutionary mortals inhabiting normal
worlds of spiritual progress do not experience the acute
conflicts between the spirit and the flesh which characterize
the present-day Urantia races. But even on the most ideal
planets, pre-Adamic man must put forth positive efforts to
ascend from the purely animalistic plane of existence up through
successive levels of increasingly intellectual meanings and
higher spiritual values.
34:7.3 The mortals of a normal world do not
experience constant warfare between their physical and spiritual
natures. They are confronted with the necessity of climbing up
from the animal levels of existence to the higher planes of
spiritual living, but this ascent is more like undergoing an
educational training when compared with the intense conflicts of
Urantia mortals in this realm of the divergent material and
spiritual natures.
34:7.4 The Urantia peoples are suffering the
consequences of a double deprivation of help in this task of
progressive planetary spiritual attainment. The Caligastia
upheaval precipitated world-wide confusion and robbed all
subsequent generations of the moral assistance which a
well-ordered society would have provided. But even more
disastrous was the Adamic default in that it deprived the races
of that superior type of physical nature which would have been
more consonant with spiritual aspirations.
34:7.5 Urantia mortals are compelled to
undergo such marked struggling between the spirit and the flesh
because their remote ancestors were not more fully Adamized by
the Edenic bestowal. It was the divine plan that the mortal
races of Urantia should have had physical natures more naturally
spirit responsive.
34:7.6 Notwithstanding this double disaster to
man's nature and his environment, present-day mortals would
experience less of this apparent warfare between the flesh and
the spirit if they would enter the spirit kingdom, wherein the
faith sons of God enjoy comparative deliverance from the
slave-bondage of the flesh in the enlightened and liberating
service of wholehearted devotion to doing the will of the Father
in heaven. Jesus showed mankind the new way of mortal living
whereby human beings may very largely escape the dire
consequences of the Caligastic rebellion and most effectively
compensate for the deprivations resulting from the Adamic
default. "The spirit of the life of Christ Jesus has made us
free from the law of animal living and the temptations of evil
and sin." "This is the victory that overcomes the flesh, even
your faith."
34:7.7 Those God-knowing men and women who
have been born of the Spirit experience no more conflict with
their mortal natures than do the inhabitants of the most normal
of worlds, planets which have never been tainted with sin nor
touched by rebellion. Faith sons work on intellectual levels and
live on spiritual planes far above the conflicts produced by
unrestrained or unnatural physical desires. The normal urges of
animal beings and the natural appetites and impulses of the
physical nature are not in conflict with even the highest
spiritual attainment except in the minds of ignorant, mistaught,
or unfortunately overconscientious persons.
34:7.8 Having started out on the way of life
everlasting, having accepted the assignment and received your
orders to advance, do not fear the dangers of human
forgetfulness and mortal inconstancy, do not be troubled with
doubts of failure or by perplexing confusion, do not falter and
question your status and standing, for in every dark hour, at
every crossroad in the forward struggle, the Spirit of Truth
will always speak, saying, "This is the way."
34:7.9
Presented by a Mighty Messenger temporarily assigned to service
on Urantia.
