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| − | 101:1.1 True [[religion]] is not a [[system]] of [[philosophic]] [[belief]] which can be [[reasoned]] out and substantiated by [[natural]] [[proofs]], neither is it a [[fantastic]] and [[mystic]] [[experience]] of indescribable [[feelings]] of [[ecstasy]] which can be enjoyed only by the [[romantic]] devotees of [[mysticism]]. [[Religion]] is not the [[product]] of [[reason]], but viewed from within, it is altogether reasonable. [[Religion]] is not derived from the [[logic]] of [[human]] [[philosophy]], but as a [[mortal]] [[experience]] it is altogether [[logical]]. [[Religion]] is the experiencing of [[divinity]] in the [[consciousness]] of a [[moral]] [[being]] of [ | + | 101:1.1 True [[religion]] is not a [[system]] of [[philosophic]] [[belief]] which can be [[reasoned]] out and substantiated by [[natural]] [[proofs]], neither is it a [[fantastic]] and [[mystic]] [[experience]] of indescribable [[feelings]] of [[ecstasy]] which can be enjoyed only by the [[romantic]] devotees of [[mysticism]]. [[Religion]] is not the [[product]] of [[reason]], but viewed from within, it is altogether reasonable. [[Religion]] is not derived from the [[logic]] of [[human]] [[philosophy]], but as a [[mortal]] [[experience]] it is altogether [[logical]]. [[Religion]] is the experiencing of [[divinity]] in the [[consciousness]] of a [[moral]] [[being]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:5._THE_FIRST_HUMAN_BEINGS evolutionary origin]; it [[represents]] true [[experience]] with [[eternal]] [[realities]] in [[time]], the [[realization]] of [[spiritual]] [[satisfactions]] while yet in the [[flesh]]. |
| − | 101:1.2 The [[Thought Adjuster]] has no special [[mechanism]] through which to gain [[self]]-[[expression]]; there is no [[mystic]] religious [[faculty]] for the [[reception]] or [[expression]] of religious [[emotions]]. These [[experiences]] are made available through the [[naturally]] [[ordained]] [[mechanism]] of [ | + | 101:1.2 The [[Thought Adjuster]] has no special [[mechanism]] through which to gain [[self]]-[[expression]]; there is no [[mystic]] religious [[faculty]] for the [[reception]] or [[expression]] of religious [[emotions]]. These [[experiences]] are made available through the [[naturally]] [[ordained]] [[mechanism]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mortal mind]. And therein lies one [[explanation]] of the [[Adjuster]]'s [[difficulty]] in [[engaging]] in direct [[communication]] with the [[material]] [[mind]] of its constant indwelling. |
| − | 101:1.3 The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] makes [[contact]] with [[mortal]] man, not by [[feelings]] or [[emotions]], but in the realm of the highest and most spiritualized [[thinking]]. It is your [[thoughts]], not your [[feelings]], that lead you Godward. The [[divine]] [[nature]] may be [[perceived]] only with the [[Mind's eye|eyes of the mind]]. But the [[mind]] that really [[discerns]] [[God]], hears the indwelling [[Adjuster]], is the [[pure]] mind. "Without [[holiness]] no man may see the Lord."[ | + | 101:1.3 The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] makes [[contact]] with [[mortal]] man, not by [[feelings]] or [[emotions]], but in the realm of the highest and most spiritualized [[thinking]]. It is your [[thoughts]], not your [[feelings]], that lead you Godward. The [[divine]] [[nature]] may be [[perceived]] only with the [[Mind's eye|eyes of the mind]]. But the [[mind]] that really [[discerns]] [[God]], hears the indwelling [[Adjuster]], is the [[pure]] mind. "Without [[holiness]] no man may see the Lord."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] All such inner and [[spiritual]] [[communion]] is termed [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. Such [[religious]] [[experiences]] result from the impress made upon the [[mind]] of man by the combined operations of the [[Adjuster]] and the [[Spirit of Truth]] as they [[function]] amid and upon the [[ideas]], [[ideals]], [[insights]], and spirit strivings of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolving sons of God]. |
| − | 101:1.4 [[Religion]] lives and prospers, then, not by [[sight]] and [[feeling]], but rather by [[faith]] and [[insight]]. It consists not in the [[discovery]] of new [[facts]] or in the finding of a [[unique]] [[experience]], but rather in the [[discovery]] of new and [[spiritual]] [[meanings]] in [[facts]] already well known to [[mankind]]. The highest [[religious]] [[experience]] is not dependent on prior [[acts]] of [[belief]], [[tradition]], and [[authority]]; neither is [[religion]] the [[offspring]] of [[sublime]] [[feelings]] and purely [[mystical]] [[emotions]]. It is, rather, a [[profoundly]] deep and [[actual]] [[experience]] of [[spiritual]] [[communion]] with the spirit [[influences]] resident within the [ | + | 101:1.4 [[Religion]] lives and prospers, then, not by [[sight]] and [[feeling]], but rather by [[faith]] and [[insight]]. It consists not in the [[discovery]] of new [[facts]] or in the finding of a [[unique]] [[experience]], but rather in the [[discovery]] of new and [[spiritual]] [[meanings]] in [[facts]] already well known to [[mankind]]. The highest [[religious]] [[experience]] is not dependent on prior [[acts]] of [[belief]], [[tradition]], and [[authority]]; neither is [[religion]] the [[offspring]] of [[sublime]] [[feelings]] and purely [[mystical]] [[emotions]]. It is, rather, a [[profoundly]] deep and [[actual]] [[experience]] of [[spiritual]] [[communion]] with the spirit [[influences]] resident within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mind-2001-03-08 human mind], and as far as such an [[experience]] is definable in terms of [[psychology]], it is simply the [[experience]] of experiencing the [[reality]] of believing in [[God]] as the [[reality]] of such a [[purely]] [[personal]] [[experience]]. |
101:1.5 While [[religion]] is not the [[product]] of the [[rationalistic]] [[speculations]] of a [[material cosmology]], it is, nonetheless, the [[creation]] of a wholly [[rational]] [[insight]] which originates in man's [[mind]]-[[experience]]. [[Religion]] is born neither of [[mystic]] [[meditations]] nor of [[isolated]] [[contemplation]]s, albeit it is ever more or less [[mysterious]] and always indefinable and inexplicable in terms of [[purely]] [[intellectual]] [[reason]] and [[philosophic]] [[logic]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_cell germs] of true [[religion]] [[originate]] in the [[domain]] of man's [[moral]] [[consciousness]], and they are [[revealed]] in the [[growth]] of man's [[spiritual]] [[insight]], that [[faculty]] of [[human]] [[personality]] which accrues as a [[consequence]] of the [[presence]] of the [[God]]-revealing [[Thought Adjuster]] in the [[God]]-[[hungry]] [[mortal mind]]. | 101:1.5 While [[religion]] is not the [[product]] of the [[rationalistic]] [[speculations]] of a [[material cosmology]], it is, nonetheless, the [[creation]] of a wholly [[rational]] [[insight]] which originates in man's [[mind]]-[[experience]]. [[Religion]] is born neither of [[mystic]] [[meditations]] nor of [[isolated]] [[contemplation]]s, albeit it is ever more or less [[mysterious]] and always indefinable and inexplicable in terms of [[purely]] [[intellectual]] [[reason]] and [[philosophic]] [[logic]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_cell germs] of true [[religion]] [[originate]] in the [[domain]] of man's [[moral]] [[consciousness]], and they are [[revealed]] in the [[growth]] of man's [[spiritual]] [[insight]], that [[faculty]] of [[human]] [[personality]] which accrues as a [[consequence]] of the [[presence]] of the [[God]]-revealing [[Thought Adjuster]] in the [[God]]-[[hungry]] [[mortal mind]]. | ||
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101:1.6 [[Faith]] [[unites]] [[moral]] [[insight]] with conscientious [[discrimination]]s of [[values]], and the pre-existent evolutionary sense of [[duty]] completes the [[ancestry]] of true [[religion]]. The [[experience]] of [[religion]] [[eventually]] results in the certain [[consciousness]] of [[God]] and in the undoubted [[assurance]] of the [[survival]] of the believing [[personality]]. | 101:1.6 [[Faith]] [[unites]] [[moral]] [[insight]] with conscientious [[discrimination]]s of [[values]], and the pre-existent evolutionary sense of [[duty]] completes the [[ancestry]] of true [[religion]]. The [[experience]] of [[religion]] [[eventually]] results in the certain [[consciousness]] of [[God]] and in the undoubted [[assurance]] of the [[survival]] of the believing [[personality]]. | ||
| − | 101:1.7 Thus it may be seen that [[religious]] longings and [[spiritual]] urges are not of such a [[nature]] as would merely lead men to want to [[believe]] in [[God]], but rather are they of such [[nature]] and [[power]] that men are [[profoundly]] impressed with the [[conviction]] that they ''ought'' to [[believe]] in [[God]]. The sense of [[evolutionary]] [[duty]] and the [[obligations]] consequent upon the [[illumination]] of [[revelation]] make such a [[profound]] impression upon man's [[moral]] [[nature]] that he finally reaches that position of [[mind]] and that [[attitude]] of [[soul]] where he concludes that he has no right not to believe in God. The higher and superphilosophic [[wisdom]] of such [[enlightened]] and [[disciplined]] [[individuals]] ultimately instructs them that to [[doubt]] [[God]] or distrust his [[goodness]] would be to prove untrue to the realest and deepest thing within the [ | + | 101:1.7 Thus it may be seen that [[religious]] longings and [[spiritual]] urges are not of such a [[nature]] as would merely lead men to want to [[believe]] in [[God]], but rather are they of such [[nature]] and [[power]] that men are [[profoundly]] impressed with the [[conviction]] that they ''ought'' to [[believe]] in [[God]]. The sense of [[evolutionary]] [[duty]] and the [[obligations]] consequent upon the [[illumination]] of [[revelation]] make such a [[profound]] impression upon man's [[moral]] [[nature]] that he finally reaches that position of [[mind]] and that [[attitude]] of [[soul]] where he concludes that he has no right not to believe in God. The higher and superphilosophic [[wisdom]] of such [[enlightened]] and [[disciplined]] [[individuals]] ultimately instructs them that to [[doubt]] [[God]] or distrust his [[goodness]] would be to prove untrue to the realest and deepest thing within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=More_On_Mind-2003-10-20 human mind] and [[soul]]—the [[divine]] [[Adjuster]]. |
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101:1.1 True religion is not a system of philosophic belief which can be reasoned out and substantiated by natural proofs, neither is it a fantastic and mystic experience of indescribable feelings of ecstasy which can be enjoyed only by the romantic devotees of mysticism. Religion is not the product of reason, but viewed from within, it is altogether reasonable. Religion is not derived from the logic of human philosophy, but as a mortal experience it is altogether logical. Religion is the experiencing of divinity in the consciousness of a moral being of evolutionary origin; it represents true experience with eternal realities in time, the realization of spiritual satisfactions while yet in the flesh.
101:1.2 The Thought Adjuster has no special mechanism through which to gain self-expression; there is no mystic religious faculty for the reception or expression of religious emotions. These experiences are made available through the naturally ordained mechanism of mortal mind. And therein lies one explanation of the Adjuster's difficulty in engaging in direct communication with the material mind of its constant indwelling.
101:1.3 The divine spirit makes contact with mortal man, not by feelings or emotions, but in the realm of the highest and most spiritualized thinking. It is your thoughts, not your feelings, that lead you Godward. The divine nature may be perceived only with the eyes of the mind. But the mind that really discerns God, hears the indwelling Adjuster, is the pure mind. "Without holiness no man may see the Lord."[1] All such inner and spiritual communion is termed spiritual insight. Such religious experiences result from the impress made upon the mind of man by the combined operations of the Adjuster and the Spirit of Truth as they function amid and upon the ideas, ideals, insights, and spirit strivings of the evolving sons of God.
101:1.4 Religion lives and prospers, then, not by sight and feeling, but rather by faith and insight. It consists not in the discovery of new facts or in the finding of a unique experience, but rather in the discovery of new and spiritual meanings in facts already well known to mankind. The highest religious experience is not dependent on prior acts of belief, tradition, and authority; neither is religion the offspring of sublime feelings and purely mystical emotions. It is, rather, a profoundly deep and actual experience of spiritual communion with the spirit influences resident within the human mind, and as far as such an experience is definable in terms of psychology, it is simply the experience of experiencing the reality of believing in God as the reality of such a purely personal experience.
101:1.5 While religion is not the product of the rationalistic speculations of a material cosmology, it is, nonetheless, the creation of a wholly rational insight which originates in man's mind-experience. Religion is born neither of mystic meditations nor of isolated contemplations, albeit it is ever more or less mysterious and always indefinable and inexplicable in terms of purely intellectual reason and philosophic logic. The germs of true religion originate in the domain of man's moral consciousness, and they are revealed in the growth of man's spiritual insight, that faculty of human personality which accrues as a consequence of the presence of the God-revealing Thought Adjuster in the God-hungry mortal mind.
101:1.6 Faith unites moral insight with conscientious discriminations of values, and the pre-existent evolutionary sense of duty completes the ancestry of true religion. The experience of religion eventually results in the certain consciousness of God and in the undoubted assurance of the survival of the believing personality.
101:1.7 Thus it may be seen that religious longings and spiritual urges are not of such a nature as would merely lead men to want to believe in God, but rather are they of such nature and power that men are profoundly impressed with the conviction that they ought to believe in God. The sense of evolutionary duty and the obligations consequent upon the illumination of revelation make such a profound impression upon man's moral nature that he finally reaches that position of mind and that attitude of soul where he concludes that he has no right not to believe in God. The higher and superphilosophic wisdom of such enlightened and disciplined individuals ultimately instructs them that to doubt God or distrust his goodness would be to prove untrue to the realest and deepest thing within the human mind and soul—the divine Adjuster.
