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117:4.1 As we view the ceaseless [[struggles]] of the [[creature]] [[creation]] for [[perfection]] of [[status]] and [[divinity]] of [[being]], we cannot but [[believe]] that these unending [[efforts]] bespeak the unceasing [[struggle]] of the [[Supreme]] for [[divine]] [[self-realization]]. ''God the Supreme'' is the [[finite]] [[Deity]], and he must cope with the [[problems]] of the [[finite]] in the [[total]] sense of that [[word]]. Our [[struggles]] with the [[vicissitudes]] of [[time]] in the [[evolutions]] of [[space]] are [[reflections]] of his [[efforts]] to [[achieve]] [[reality]] of [[self]] and completion of [[sovereignty]] within the [[sphere]] of [[action]] which his evolving [[nature]] is expanding to the outermost [[limits]] of [[possibility]]. | 117:4.1 As we view the ceaseless [[struggles]] of the [[creature]] [[creation]] for [[perfection]] of [[status]] and [[divinity]] of [[being]], we cannot but [[believe]] that these unending [[efforts]] bespeak the unceasing [[struggle]] of the [[Supreme]] for [[divine]] [[self-realization]]. ''God the Supreme'' is the [[finite]] [[Deity]], and he must cope with the [[problems]] of the [[finite]] in the [[total]] sense of that [[word]]. Our [[struggles]] with the [[vicissitudes]] of [[time]] in the [[evolutions]] of [[space]] are [[reflections]] of his [[efforts]] to [[achieve]] [[reality]] of [[self]] and completion of [[sovereignty]] within the [[sphere]] of [[action]] which his evolving [[nature]] is expanding to the outermost [[limits]] of [[possibility]]. | ||
| − | 117:4.2 Throughout the [[grand universe]] the [[Supreme]] [[struggles]] for [[expression]]. His [[divine]] [[evolution]] is in [[measure]] predicated on the [[wisdom]]-[[action]] of every [[personality]] in [[existence]]. When a [[human being]] [[chooses]] [[eternal]] [[survival]], he is cocreating [[destiny]]; and in the life of this [ | + | 117:4.2 Throughout the [[grand universe]] the [[Supreme]] [[struggles]] for [[expression]]. His [[divine]] [[evolution]] is in [[measure]] predicated on the [[wisdom]]-[[action]] of every [[personality]] in [[existence]]. When a [[human being]] [[chooses]] [[eternal]] [[survival]], he is cocreating [[destiny]]; and in the life of this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] the [[finite]] [[God]] finds an increased [[measure]] of [[personality]] [[self-realization]] and an enlargement of [[experiential]] [[sovereignty]]. But if a [[creature]] rejects the [[eternal career]], that [[part]] of the [[Supreme]] which was dependent on this [[creature]]'s [[choice]] [[experiences]] inescapable [[delay]], a [[deprivation]] which must be [[compensated]] by substitutional or [[collateral]] [[experience]]; as for the [[personality]] of the nonsurvivor, it is absorbed into the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_117#117:5._THE_OVERSOUL_OF_CREATION oversoul] of [[creation]], becoming a [[part]] of the [[Deity]] of the [[Supreme]]. |
| − | 117:4.3 [[God]] is so [[trust]]ing, so [[loving]], that he gives a [[Part|portion]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]] into the hands of even [[human being]]s for safekeeping and [[self-realization]]. [[The Father]] [[nature]], the [[Adjuster]] [[presence]], is indestructible regardless of the [[choice]] of the [[mortal]] [[being]]. The [[child]] of the [[Supreme]], the [ | + | 117:4.3 [[God]] is so [[trust]]ing, so [[loving]], that he gives a [[Part|portion]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]] into the hands of even [[human being]]s for safekeeping and [[self-realization]]. [[The Father]] [[nature]], the [[Adjuster]] [[presence]], is indestructible regardless of the [[choice]] of the [[mortal]] [[being]]. The [[child]] of the [[Supreme]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF evolving self], can be destroyed notwithstanding that the [[potentially]] unifying [[personality]] of such a misguided [[self]] will [[persist]] as a [[factor]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:3._IDENTITY_AND_DIVERSITY_OF_THE_MASTER_SPIRITS Deity of Supremacy, 16:3.18]. |
117:4.4 The [[human]] [[personality]] can truly destroy [[individuality]] of creaturehood, and though all that was [[worth]] while in the life of such a [[cosmic]] [[suicide]] will [[persist]], these [[qualities]] will not persist as an [[individual]] [[creature]]. The [[Supreme]] will again find [[expression]] in the [[creatures]] of the [[universes]] but never again as that particular [[person]]; the [[unique]] [[personality]] of a nonascender returns to the [[Supreme]] as a drop of [[water]] returns to the [[sea]]. | 117:4.4 The [[human]] [[personality]] can truly destroy [[individuality]] of creaturehood, and though all that was [[worth]] while in the life of such a [[cosmic]] [[suicide]] will [[persist]], these [[qualities]] will not persist as an [[individual]] [[creature]]. The [[Supreme]] will again find [[expression]] in the [[creatures]] of the [[universes]] but never again as that particular [[person]]; the [[unique]] [[personality]] of a nonascender returns to the [[Supreme]] as a drop of [[water]] returns to the [[sea]]. | ||
| − | 117:4.5 Any [[isolated]] [[action]] of the [[personal]] [[parts]] of the [[finite]] is comparatively irrelevant to the [[eventual]] [[appearance]] of the [ | + | 117:4.5 Any [[isolated]] [[action]] of the [[personal]] [[parts]] of the [[finite]] is comparatively irrelevant to the [[eventual]] [[appearance]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:7._THE_PART_AND_THE_WHOLE Supreme Whole], but the [[whole]] is nonetheless dependent on the [[total]] [[acts]] of the manifold [[parts]]. The [[personality]] of the [[individual]] [[mortal]] is insignificant in the [[face]] of the [[total]] of [[Supremacy]], but the [[personality]] of each [[human being]] represents an irreplaceable [[meaning]]-[[value]] in the [[finite]]; [[personality]], having once been [[expressed]], never again finds [[identical]] expression except in the continuing [[existence]] of that living [[personality]]. |
117:4.6 And so, as we strive for [[self]]-[[expression]], the [[Supreme]] is striving in us, and with us, for [[deity]] [[expression]]. As we find [[the Father]], so has the [[Supreme]] again found the [[Paradise]] [[Creator]] of [[all things]]. As we master the [[problems]] of [[self-realization]], so is the [[God]] of [[experience]] [[achieving]] [[almighty]] [[supremacy]] in [[the universes]] of [[time and space]]. | 117:4.6 And so, as we strive for [[self]]-[[expression]], the [[Supreme]] is striving in us, and with us, for [[deity]] [[expression]]. As we find [[the Father]], so has the [[Supreme]] again found the [[Paradise]] [[Creator]] of [[all things]]. As we master the [[problems]] of [[self-realization]], so is the [[God]] of [[experience]] [[achieving]] [[almighty]] [[supremacy]] in [[the universes]] of [[time and space]]. | ||
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117:4.7 [[Mankind]] does not [[ascend]] effortlessly in the [[universe]], neither does the [[Supreme]] [[evolve]] without [[purposeful]] and [[intelligent]] [[action]]. [[Creatures]] do not attain [[perfection]] by mere [[passivity]], nor can the [[spirit]] of [[Supremacy]] factualize the [[power]] of the [[Almighty]] without unceasing [[service]] ministry to the [[finite]] [[creation]]. | 117:4.7 [[Mankind]] does not [[ascend]] effortlessly in the [[universe]], neither does the [[Supreme]] [[evolve]] without [[purposeful]] and [[intelligent]] [[action]]. [[Creatures]] do not attain [[perfection]] by mere [[passivity]], nor can the [[spirit]] of [[Supremacy]] factualize the [[power]] of the [[Almighty]] without unceasing [[service]] ministry to the [[finite]] [[creation]]. | ||
| − | 117:4.8 The temporal [[relation]] of man to the [[Supreme]] is the [[foundation]] for [[cosmic]] [[morality]], the [[universal]] [[sensitivity]] to, and [[acceptance]] of, [[duty]]. This is a [[morality]] which [[transcends]] the [[temporal]] sense of [[relative]] right and wrong; it is a [[morality]] directly predicated on the [[self-conscious]] [[creature]]'s [[appreciation]] of [[experiential]] [[obligation]] to experiential [[Deity]]. [[Mortal]] man and all other [[finite]] [[creatures]] are created out of the living [[potential]] of [[energy]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]] existent in the [[Supreme]]. It is upon the [[Supreme]] that the [[Adjuster]]-[[mortal]] ascender draws for the [[creation]] of the [[immortal]] and [[divine]] [[character]] of a [[finaliter]]. It is out of the very [[reality]] of the [[Supreme]] that the [[Adjuster]], with the [[consent]] of the [[human]] [[free will|will]], weaves the [[patterns]] of the [[eternal]] [[nature]] of an [ | + | 117:4.8 The temporal [[relation]] of man to the [[Supreme]] is the [[foundation]] for [[cosmic]] [[morality]], the [[universal]] [[sensitivity]] to, and [[acceptance]] of, [[duty]]. This is a [[morality]] which [[transcends]] the [[temporal]] sense of [[relative]] right and wrong; it is a [[morality]] directly predicated on the [[self-conscious]] [[creature]]'s [[appreciation]] of [[experiential]] [[obligation]] to experiential [[Deity]]. [[Mortal]] man and all other [[finite]] [[creatures]] are created out of the living [[potential]] of [[energy]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]] existent in the [[Supreme]]. It is upon the [[Supreme]] that the [[Adjuster]]-[[mortal]] ascender draws for the [[creation]] of the [[immortal]] and [[divine]] [[character]] of a [[finaliter]]. It is out of the very [[reality]] of the [[Supreme]] that the [[Adjuster]], with the [[consent]] of the [[human]] [[free will|will]], weaves the [[patterns]] of the [[eternal]] [[nature]] of an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascending son of God]. |
| − | 117:4.9 The [[evolution]] of [[Adjuster]] [[progress]] in the spiritualizing and eternalizing of a [[human]] [[personality]] is directly [[productive]] of an enlargement of the [[sovereignty]] of the [[Supreme]]. Such [[achievements]] in [[human]] [[evolution]] are at the same time [[achievements]] in the evolutionary [[actualization]] of the [[Supreme]]. While it is true that [[creatures]] could not [[evolve]] without the [[Supreme]], it is [[probably]] also true that the evolution of the Supreme can never be fully [[attained]] [[independent]] of the completed evolution of [ | + | 117:4.9 The [[evolution]] of [[Adjuster]] [[progress]] in the spiritualizing and eternalizing of a [[human]] [[personality]] is directly [[productive]] of an enlargement of the [[sovereignty]] of the [[Supreme]]. Such [[achievements]] in [[human]] [[evolution]] are at the same time [[achievements]] in the evolutionary [[actualization]] of the [[Supreme]]. While it is true that [[creatures]] could not [[evolve]] without the [[Supreme]], it is [[probably]] also true that the evolution of the Supreme can never be fully [[attained]] [[independent]] of the completed evolution of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 all creatures]. Herein lies the great [[cosmic]] [[responsibility]] of [[self-conscious]] [[personalities]]: That [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#III._THE_FIRST_SOURCE_AND_CENTER Supreme Deity 0:3.13] is in a certain sense dependent on the [[choosing]] of the [[mortal]] [[Free will|will]]. And the [[mutual]] [[progression]] of [[creature]] [[evolution]] and of [[Supreme]] [[evolution]] is [[faithfully]] and fully indicated to the [[Ancients of Days]] over the inscrutable [[mechanisms]] of [[universe]] [[reflectivity]]. |
| − | 117:4.10 The great [[challenge]] that has been given to [[mortal]] [[man]] is this: Will you [[decide]] to [[personalize]] the experiencible [[value]] [[meanings]] of the [[cosmos]] into your own [ | + | 117:4.10 The great [[challenge]] that has been given to [[mortal]] [[man]] is this: Will you [[decide]] to [[personalize]] the experiencible [[value]] [[meanings]] of the [[cosmos]] into your own [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF evolving selfhood]? or by rejecting [[survival]], will you allow these [[secrets]] of [[Supremacy]] to lie dormant, awaiting the [[action]] of another [[creature]] at some other [[time]] who will in his way attempt a [[creature]] [[contribution]] to the [[evolution]] of the [[finite]] [[God]]? But that will be his contribution to the [[Supreme]], not yours. |
| − | 117:4.11 The great [[struggle]] of [ | + | 117:4.11 The great [[struggle]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_2:_The_Evolutionary_Antithesis this universe age] is between the [[potential]] and the [[actual]]—the seeking for [[actualization]] by all that is as yet unexpressed. If [[mortal]] man [[proceeds]] upon the [[Paradise]] [[adventure]], he is following the [[motions]] of [[time]], which [[flow]] as [[current]]s within the stream of [[eternity]]; if mortal man [[rejects]] the [[eternal career]], he is moving counter to the stream of [[events]] in the [[finite]] [[universes]]. The [[mechanical]] [[creation]] moves on inexorably in [[accordance]] with the [[unfolding]] [[purpose]] of the [[Paradise Father]], but the [[volitional]] [[creation]] has the [[choice]] of [[accepting]] or of [[rejecting]] the role of [[personality]] [[participation]] in the [[adventure]] of [[eternity]]. [[Mortal]] man cannot destroy the [[supreme]] [[values]] of [[human]] [[existence]], but he can very definitely prevent the [[evolution]] of these [[values]] in his own [[personal]] [[experience]]. To the extent that the [[human]] [[self]] thus refuses to take [[part]] in the [[Ascension Career|Paradise ascent]], to just that extent is the [[Supreme]] delayed in [[achieving]] [[divinity]] [[expression]] in the [[grand universe]]. |
117:4.12 Into the keeping of [[mortal]] [[man]] has been given not only the [[Adjuster]] [[presence]] of the [[Paradise Father]] but also [[control]] over the [[destiny]] of an infinitesimal [[fraction]] of the [[future]] of the [[Supreme]]. For as [[man]] [[attains]] [[human]] [[destiny]], so does the [[Supreme]] [[achieve]] [[destiny]] on [[deity]] [[levels]]. | 117:4.12 Into the keeping of [[mortal]] [[man]] has been given not only the [[Adjuster]] [[presence]] of the [[Paradise Father]] but also [[control]] over the [[destiny]] of an infinitesimal [[fraction]] of the [[future]] of the [[Supreme]]. For as [[man]] [[attains]] [[human]] [[destiny]], so does the [[Supreme]] [[achieve]] [[destiny]] on [[deity]] [[levels]]. | ||
| − | 117:4.13 And so the [[decision]] awaits each of you as it once awaited each of us: Will you fail the [[God]] of [[time]], who is so dependent upon the [ | + | 117:4.13 And so the [[decision]] awaits each of you as it once awaited each of us: Will you fail the [[God]] of [[time]], who is so dependent upon the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE decisions of the finite mind]? will you fail the [[Supreme]] [[personality]] of the [[universes]] by the [[slothfulness]] of animalistic [[retrogression]]? will you fail the great [[brother]] of all [[creatures]], who is so dependent on each [[creature]]? can you allow yourself to pass into the realm of the unrealized when before you lies the enchanting vista of the [[Ascension Career|universe career]]—the [[divine]] [[discovery]] of the [[Paradise Father]] and the [[divine]] [[participation]] in the search for, and the [[evolution]] of, the [[God]] of [[Supremacy]]? |
117:4.14 [[God]]'s [[gifts]]—his [[bestowal]] of [[reality]]—are not [[divorce]]ments from himself; he does not [[alienate]] [[creation]] from himself, but he has set up [[tensions]] in the creations [[Orbit|circling]] [[Paradise]]. [[God]] first [[loves]] [[man]] and confers upon him the [[potential]] of [[immortality]]—[[eternal]] [[reality]]. And as [[man]] [[loves]] [[God]], so does man become [[eternal]] in [[actuality]]. And here is [[mystery]]: The more closely man approaches [[God]] through [[love]], the greater the [[reality]]—[[actuality]]—of that man. The more man withdraws from [[God]], the more nearly he approaches nonreality—cessation of [[existence]]. When man [[consecrates]] his will to the [[doing of the Father's will]], when [[man]] gives [[God]] all that he has, then does God make that man more than he is. | 117:4.14 [[God]]'s [[gifts]]—his [[bestowal]] of [[reality]]—are not [[divorce]]ments from himself; he does not [[alienate]] [[creation]] from himself, but he has set up [[tensions]] in the creations [[Orbit|circling]] [[Paradise]]. [[God]] first [[loves]] [[man]] and confers upon him the [[potential]] of [[immortality]]—[[eternal]] [[reality]]. And as [[man]] [[loves]] [[God]], so does man become [[eternal]] in [[actuality]]. And here is [[mystery]]: The more closely man approaches [[God]] through [[love]], the greater the [[reality]]—[[actuality]]—of that man. The more man withdraws from [[God]], the more nearly he approaches nonreality—cessation of [[existence]]. When man [[consecrates]] his will to the [[doing of the Father's will]], when [[man]] gives [[God]] all that he has, then does God make that man more than he is. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:18, 12 December 2020
117:4.1 As we view the ceaseless struggles of the creature creation for perfection of status and divinity of being, we cannot but believe that these unending efforts bespeak the unceasing struggle of the Supreme for divine self-realization. God the Supreme is the finite Deity, and he must cope with the problems of the finite in the total sense of that word. Our struggles with the vicissitudes of time in the evolutions of space are reflections of his efforts to achieve reality of self and completion of sovereignty within the sphere of action which his evolving nature is expanding to the outermost limits of possibility.
117:4.2 Throughout the grand universe the Supreme struggles for expression. His divine evolution is in measure predicated on the wisdom-action of every personality in existence. When a human being chooses eternal survival, he is cocreating destiny; and in the life of this ascending mortal the finite God finds an increased measure of personality self-realization and an enlargement of experiential sovereignty. But if a creature rejects the eternal career, that part of the Supreme which was dependent on this creature's choice experiences inescapable delay, a deprivation which must be compensated by substitutional or collateral experience; as for the personality of the nonsurvivor, it is absorbed into the oversoul of creation, becoming a part of the Deity of the Supreme.
117:4.3 God is so trusting, so loving, that he gives a portion of his divine nature into the hands of even human beings for safekeeping and self-realization. The Father nature, the Adjuster presence, is indestructible regardless of the choice of the mortal being. The child of the Supreme, the evolving self, can be destroyed notwithstanding that the potentially unifying personality of such a misguided self will persist as a factor of the Deity of Supremacy, 16:3.18.
117:4.4 The human personality can truly destroy individuality of creaturehood, and though all that was worth while in the life of such a cosmic suicide will persist, these qualities will not persist as an individual creature. The Supreme will again find expression in the creatures of the universes but never again as that particular person; the unique personality of a nonascender returns to the Supreme as a drop of water returns to the sea.
117:4.5 Any isolated action of the personal parts of the finite is comparatively irrelevant to the eventual appearance of the Supreme Whole, but the whole is nonetheless dependent on the total acts of the manifold parts. The personality of the individual mortal is insignificant in the face of the total of Supremacy, but the personality of each human being represents an irreplaceable meaning-value in the finite; personality, having once been expressed, never again finds identical expression except in the continuing existence of that living personality.
117:4.6 And so, as we strive for self-expression, the Supreme is striving in us, and with us, for deity expression. As we find the Father, so has the Supreme again found the Paradise Creator of all things. As we master the problems of self-realization, so is the God of experience achieving almighty supremacy in the universes of time and space.
117:4.7 Mankind does not ascend effortlessly in the universe, neither does the Supreme evolve without purposeful and intelligent action. Creatures do not attain perfection by mere passivity, nor can the spirit of Supremacy factualize the power of the Almighty without unceasing service ministry to the finite creation.
117:4.8 The temporal relation of man to the Supreme is the foundation for cosmic morality, the universal sensitivity to, and acceptance of, duty. This is a morality which transcends the temporal sense of relative right and wrong; it is a morality directly predicated on the self-conscious creature's appreciation of experiential obligation to experiential Deity. Mortal man and all other finite creatures are created out of the living potential of energy, mind, and spirit existent in the Supreme. It is upon the Supreme that the Adjuster-mortal ascender draws for the creation of the immortal and divine character of a finaliter. It is out of the very reality of the Supreme that the Adjuster, with the consent of the human will, weaves the patterns of the eternal nature of an ascending son of God.
117:4.9 The evolution of Adjuster progress in the spiritualizing and eternalizing of a human personality is directly productive of an enlargement of the sovereignty of the Supreme. Such achievements in human evolution are at the same time achievements in the evolutionary actualization of the Supreme. While it is true that creatures could not evolve without the Supreme, it is probably also true that the evolution of the Supreme can never be fully attained independent of the completed evolution of all creatures. Herein lies the great cosmic responsibility of self-conscious personalities: That Supreme Deity 0:3.13 is in a certain sense dependent on the choosing of the mortal will. And the mutual progression of creature evolution and of Supreme evolution is faithfully and fully indicated to the Ancients of Days over the inscrutable mechanisms of universe reflectivity.
117:4.10 The great challenge that has been given to mortal man is this: Will you decide to personalize the experiencible value meanings of the cosmos into your own evolving selfhood? or by rejecting survival, will you allow these secrets of Supremacy to lie dormant, awaiting the action of another creature at some other time who will in his way attempt a creature contribution to the evolution of the finite God? But that will be his contribution to the Supreme, not yours.
117:4.11 The great struggle of this universe age is between the potential and the actual—the seeking for actualization by all that is as yet unexpressed. If mortal man proceeds upon the Paradise adventure, he is following the motions of time, which flow as currents within the stream of eternity; if mortal man rejects the eternal career, he is moving counter to the stream of events in the finite universes. The mechanical creation moves on inexorably in accordance with the unfolding purpose of the Paradise Father, but the volitional creation has the choice of accepting or of rejecting the role of personality participation in the adventure of eternity. Mortal man cannot destroy the supreme values of human existence, but he can very definitely prevent the evolution of these values in his own personal experience. To the extent that the human self thus refuses to take part in the Paradise ascent, to just that extent is the Supreme delayed in achieving divinity expression in the grand universe.
117:4.12 Into the keeping of mortal man has been given not only the Adjuster presence of the Paradise Father but also control over the destiny of an infinitesimal fraction of the future of the Supreme. For as man attains human destiny, so does the Supreme achieve destiny on deity levels.
117:4.13 And so the decision awaits each of you as it once awaited each of us: Will you fail the God of time, who is so dependent upon the decisions of the finite mind? will you fail the Supreme personality of the universes by the slothfulness of animalistic retrogression? will you fail the great brother of all creatures, who is so dependent on each creature? can you allow yourself to pass into the realm of the unrealized when before you lies the enchanting vista of the universe career—the divine discovery of the Paradise Father and the divine participation in the search for, and the evolution of, the God of Supremacy?
117:4.14 God's gifts—his bestowal of reality—are not divorcements from himself; he does not alienate creation from himself, but he has set up tensions in the creations circling Paradise. God first loves man and confers upon him the potential of immortality—eternal reality. And as man loves God, so does man become eternal in actuality. And here is mystery: The more closely man approaches God through love, the greater the reality—actuality—of that man. The more man withdraws from God, the more nearly he approaches nonreality—cessation of existence. When man consecrates his will to the doing of the Father's will, when man gives God all that he has, then does God make that man more than he is.
