| The Divine Presence in Human Experience | ||
| Experiential Phenomena | ||
| 1. | God-consciousness | The intellectual capacity for knowing God |
| 2. | God-seeking | The spiritual urge to find God |
| 3. | The wholehearted desire to do the Father's will |
The personality craving to be like God |
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"The existence of God can never be proved by scientific experiment or by the pure reason of logical deduction. God can be realized only in the realms of human experience; nevertheless, the true concept of the reality of God is reasonable to logic, plausible to philosophy, essential to religion, and indispensable to any hope of personality survival." |
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Reference Paper 1 The Universal Father Section 2 The Reality of God |
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| The Three Levels of Time Cognizance | |
| Level | |
| 1. | Mind-perceived time -- consciousness of sequence, motion, and a sense of duration. |
| 2. | Spirit-perceived time -- insight into motion Godward and the awareness of the motion of ascent to levels of increasing divinity. |
| 3. | Personality creates a unique time sense out of insight into Reality plus a consciousness of presence and an awareness of duration. |
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"Unspiritual animals know only the past and live in the present. Spirit-indwelt man has powers of prevision (insight); he may visualize the future." |
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Reference Paper 12 The Universe of Universes Section 5 Space and Time |
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| Three Functioning Levels of Finite Reality | ||
| Level | Nature | |
| 1. | Matter | Organized energy which is subject to linear gravity except as it is modified by motion and conditioned by mind. |
| 2. | Mind | Organized consciousness which is not wholly subject to material gravity, and which becomes truly liberated when modified by spirit. |
| 3. | Spirit | The highest personal reality. True spirit is not subject to physical gravity but eventually becomes the motivating influence of all evolving energy systems of personality dignity. |
Reference Paper 12 The Universe of Universes Section 8 Matter, Mind, and Spirit |
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| Central Universe Attainments of Mortal Ascenders [1] | |
| Havona Circuit |
Identity comprehension of: |
| [Outer] Seventh | their Master Spirit |
| Sixth | Supremacy |
| Fifth | the Infinite Spirit |
| Fourth | the Eternal Son |
| Third | the Universal Father |
| Second | the Paradise Hosts |
| [Inner] First | [2] |
| [1] "It is from these arrangements in the
central universe that the circles of progress in the human mind have been designated." [2] "Indefinitely, according to the length and nature of the creature ascension, they will tarry on the inner circuit of progressive spiritual attainment. From this inner circuit the ascending pilgrims pass inward to Paradise residence and admission to the Corps of the Finality." |
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Reference Paper 14 The Central and Divine Universe Section 5 Life in Havona |
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| Mortal Stages of Spirit Realization | |
| Jubilee | Achievement |
| First | Agreement with Thought Adjuster sealing survival |
| Second | Awakening in the morontia life |
| Third | Fusion with the Thought Adjuster |
| Fourth | Awakening in Havona |
| Fifth | Finding the Universal Father |
| Sixth | Awakening on Paradise |
| Seventh | Entrance into the mortal finaliter corps [1] |
| [1] "The attainment of the seventh
stage of spirit realization by a finaliter will probably signalize the celebration of the first
of the jubilees of eternity." |
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Reference Paper 27 Ministry of the Primary Supernaphim Section 7 Conductors of Worship |
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| The Corps of Mortal Finaliters | |
| composed of: | |
| 1. | Havona Natives |
| 2. | Gravity Messengers |
| 3. | Glorified Mortals |
| 4. | Adopted Seraphim |
| 5. | Glorified Material Sons |
| 6. | Glorified Midway Creatures |
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"These six groups of glorified beings compose this unique body of eternal destiny. We think we know their future work, but we are not certain. While the Corps of the Mortal Finality is mobilizing on Paradise, and while they now so extensively minister to the universes of space and administer the worlds settled in light and life, their future destination must be the now-organizing universes of outer space. At least that is the conjecture of Uversa." |
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Reference Paper 31 The Corps of the Finality Intro |
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| Spirit Orders of Glorified Mortals | |
| Designation | Attained: |
| First Order | at Minor Sector |
| Second Order | at Major Sector |
| Third Order | at Superuniverse Center |
| [1] Forth Order | at Havona sixth circle |
| Fifth Order | upon finding the Father [2] |
| Sixth Order | upon Oath for the Corps of Mortal Finality |
| Seventh Order | Unrevealed |
| [1] also
called quartan or graduate order [2] at Havona 3rd circle |
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Reference Paper 31 The Corps of the Finality Section 3 Glorified Mortals |
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