P.330 - §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. P.330 - §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. |
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1. THE PARADISE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING BEINGS - P.330 P.330 - §3 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: P.330 - §4 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.
P.330 - §5 A. The Supreme Spirits. P.330 - §6 1. The Seven Master Spirits. P.330 - §7 2. The Seven Supreme Executives. P.330 - §8 3. The Seven Orders of Reflective Spirits. P.330 - §9 B. The Stationary Sons of the Trinity. P.330 - §10 1. Trinitized Secrets of Supremacy. P.330 - §11 2. Eternals of Days. P.330 - §12 3. Ancients of Days. P.330 - §13 4. Perfections of Days. P.331 - §1 5. Recents of Days. P.331 - §2 6. Unions of Days. P.331 - §3 7. Faithfuls of Days. P.331 - §4 8. Perfectors of Wisdom. P.331 - §5 9. Divine Counselors. P.331 - §6 10. Universal Censors. P.331 - §7 C. Trinity-origin and Trinitized Beings. P.331 - §8 1. Trinity Teacher Sons. P.331 - §9 2. Inspired Trinity Spirits. P.331 - §10 3. Havona Natives. P.331 - §11 4. Paradise Citizens. P.331 - §12 5. Unrevealed Trinity-origin Beings. P.331 - §13 6. Unrevealed Deity-trinitized Beings. P.331 - §14 7. Trinitized Sons of Attainment. P.331 - §15 8. Trinitized Sons of Selection. P.331 - §16 9. Trinitized Sons of Perfection. P.331 - §17 10. Creature-trinitized Sons.
P.331 - §18II. 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. P.331 - §19 A. The Descending Orders. P.331 - §20 1. Creator Sons. P.331 - §21 2. Magisterial Sons. P.331 - §22 3. Bright and Morning Stars. P.331 - §23 4. Father Melchizedeks. P.331 - §24 5. The Melchizedeks. P.331 - §25 6. The Vorondadeks. P.331 - §26 7. The Lanonandeks. P.331 - §27 8. Brilliant Evening Stars. P.331 - §28 9. The Archangels. P.331 - §29 10. Life Carriers. P.331 - §30 11. Unrevealed Universe Aids. P.331 - §31 12. Unrevealed Sons of God.
P.331 - §32 B. The Stationary Orders. P.331 - §33 1. Abandonters. P.331 - §34 2. Susatia. P.331 - §35 3. Univitatia. P.331 - §36 4. Spironga. P.331 - §37 5. Unrevealed Dual-origin Beings.
P.331 - §38 C. The Ascending Orders. P.331 - §39 1. Adjuster-fused Mortals. P.331 - §40 2. Son-fused Mortals. P.331 - §41 3. Spirit-fused Mortals. P.331 - §42 4. Translated Midwayers. P.331 - §43 5. Unrevealed Ascenders. P.332 - §1 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. P.332 - §2 A. The Supreme Spirits. P.332 - §3 1. Gravity Messengers. P.332 - §4 2. The Seven Spirits of the Havona Circuits. P.332 - §5 3. The Twelvefold Adjutants of the Havona
Circuits. P.332 - §6 4. The Reflective Image Aids. P.332 - §7 5. Universe Mother Spirits. P.332 - §8 6. The Sevenfold Adjutant Mind-Spirits. P.332 - §9 7. Unrevealed Deity-origin Beings.
P.332 - §10 B. The Ascending Orders. P.332 - §11 1. Personalized Adjusters. P.332 - §12 2. Ascending Material Sons. P.332 - §13 3. Evolutionary Seraphim. P.332 - §14 4. Evolutionary Cherubim. P.332 - §15 5. Unrevealed Ascenders.
P.332 - §16 C. The Family of the Infinite Spirit. P.332 - §17 1. Solitary Messengers. P.332 - §18 2. Universe Circuit Supervisors. P.332 - §19 3. Census Directors. P.332 - §20 4. Personal Aids of the Infinite Spirit. P.332 - §21 5. Associate Inspectors. P.332 - §22 6. Assigned Sentinels. P.332 - §23 7. Graduate Guides. P.332 - §24 8. Havona Servitals. P.332 - §25 9. Universal Conciliators. P.332 - §26 10. Morontia Companions. P.332 - §27 11. Supernaphim. P.332 - §28 12. Seconaphim. P.332 - §29 13. Tertiaphim. P.332 - §30 14. Omniaphim. P.332 - §31 15. Seraphim. P.332 - §32 16. Cherubim and Sanobim. P.332 - §33 17. Unrevealed Spirit-origin Beings. P.332 - §34 18. The Seven Supreme Power Directors. P.332 - §35 19. The Supreme Power Centers. P.332 - §36 20. The Master Physical Controllers. P.332 - §37 21. The Morontia Power Supervisors.
P.332 - §38 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. P.333 - §1 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: P.333 - §2 1. The Architects of the Master Universe. P.333 - §3 2. Transcendental Recorders. P.333 - §4 3. Other Transcendentalers. P.333 - §5 4. Primary Eventuated Master Force Organizers. P.333 - §6 5. Associate Transcendental Master Force Organizers. P.333 - §7 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.
P.333 - §8 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. P.333 - §9 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. P.333 - §10 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. P.333 - §11 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. P.333 - §12 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: P.333 - §13 The Consummator of Universe Destiny. P.333 - §14 The Qualified Vicegerents of the Ultimate. P.334 - §1 The Unqualified Supervisors of the Supreme. P.334 - §2 The Unrevealed Creative Agencies of the
Ancients of Days. P.334 - §3 Majeston of Paradise. P.334 - §4 The Unnamed Reflectivator Liaisons of
Majeston. P.334 - §5 The Midsonite Orders of the Local Universes. P.334 - §6 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. P.334 - §8 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? |
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2. THE UVERSA PERSONALITY REGISTER - P.334 P.334 - §9 The divine family of living beings is registered on Uversa in seven grand divisions: P.334 - §10 1. The Paradise Deities. P.334 - §11 2. The Supreme Spirits. P.334 - §12 3. The Trinity-origin Beings. P.334 - §13 4. The Sons of God. P.334 - §14 5. Personalities of the Infinite Spirit. P.334 - §15 6. The Universe Power Directors. P.334 - §16 7. The Corps of Permanent Citizenship. P.334 - §17 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. P.335 - §1 I. THE PARADISE DEITIES. P.335 - §2 1. The Universal Father. P.335 - §3 2. The Eternal Son. P.335 - §4 3. The Infinite Spirit.
P.335 - §5 II. THE SUPREME SPIRITS. P.335 - §6 1. The Seven Master Spirits. P.335 - §7 2. The Seven Supreme Executives. P.335 - §8 3. The Seven Groups of Reflective Spirits. P.335 - §9 4. The Reflective Image Aids. P.335 - §10 5. The Seven Spirits of the Circuits. P.335 - §11 6. Local Universe Creative Spirits. P.335 - §12 7. Adjutant Mind-Spirits.
P.335 - §13 III. THE TRINITY-ORIGIN BEINGS. P.335 - §14 1. Trinitized Secrets of Supremacy. P.335 - §15 2. Eternals of Days. P.335 - §16 3. Ancients of Days. P.335 - §17 4. Perfections of Days. P.335 - §18 5. Recents of Days. P.335 - §19 6. Unions of Days. P.335 - §20 7. Faithfuls of Days. P.335 - §21 8. Trinity Teacher Sons. P.335 - §22 9. Perfectors of Wisdom. P.335 - §23 10. Divine Counselors. P.335 - §24 11. Universal Censors. P.335 - §25 12. Inspired Trinity Spirits. P.335 - §26 13. Havona Natives. P.335 - §27 14. Paradise Citizens.
P.335 - §28 IV. THE SONS OF GOD. P.335 - §29 A. Descending Sons. P.335 - §30 1. Creator Sons--Michaels. P.335 - §31 2. Magisterial Sons--Avonals. P.335 - §32 3. Trinity Teacher Sons--Daynals. P.335 - §33 4. Melchizedek Sons. P.335 - §34 5. Vorondadek Sons. P.335 - §35 6. Lanonandek Sons. P.335 - §36 7. Life Carrier Sons.
P.335 - §37 B. Ascending Sons. P.335 - §38 1. Father-fused Mortals. P.335 - §39 2. Son-fused Mortals. P.335 - §40 3. Spirit-fused Mortals. P.335 - §41 4. Evolutionary Seraphim. P.335 - §42 5. Ascending Material Sons. P.335 - §43 6. Translated Midwayers. P.335 - §44 7. Personalized Adjusters.
P.336 - §1 C. Trinitized Sons. P.336 - §2 1. Mighty Messengers. P.336 - §3 2. Those High in Authority. P.336 - §4 3. Those without Name and Number. P.336 - §5 4. Trinitized Custodians. P.336 - §6 5. Trinitized Ambassadors. P.336 - §7 6. Celestial Guardians. P.336 - §8 7. High Son Assistants. P.336 - §9 8. Ascender-trinitized Sons. P.336 - §10 9. Paradise-Havona-trinitized Sons. P.336 - §11 10. Trinitized Sons of Destiny.
P.336 - §12 V. PERSONALITIES OF THE INFINITE SPIRIT. P.336 - §13 A. Higher Personalities of the Infinite
Spirit. P.336 - §14 1. Solitary Messengers. P.336 - §15 2. Universe Circuit Supervisors. P.336 - §16 3. Census Directors. P.336 - §17 4. Personal Aids of the Infinite Spirit. P.336 - §18 5. Associate Inspectors. P.336 - §19 6. Assigned Sentinels. P.336 - §20 7. Graduate Guides.
P.336 - §21 B. The Messenger Hosts of Space. P.336 - §22 1. Havona Servitals. P.336 - §23 2. Universal Conciliators. P.336 - §24 3. Technical Advisers. P.336 - §25 4. Custodians of Records on Paradise. P.336 - §26 5. Celestial Recorders. P.336 - §27 6. Morontia Companions. P.336 - §28 7. Paradise Companions.
P.336 - §29 C. The Ministering Spirits. P.336 - §30 1. Supernaphim. P.336 - §31 2. Seconaphim. P.336 - §32 3. Tertiaphim. P.336 - §33 4. Omniaphim. P.336 - §34 5. Seraphim. P.336 - §35 6. Cherubim and Sanobim. P.336 - §36 7. Midwayers.
P.336 - §37 VI. THE UNIVERSE POWER DIRECTORS. P.336 - §38 A. The Seven Supreme Power Directors. P.336 - §39 B. Supreme Power Centers. P.336 - §40 1. Supreme Center Supervisors. P.336 - §41 2. Havona Centers. P.336 - §42 3. Superuniverse Centers. P.336 - §43 4. Local Universe Centers. P.336 - §44 5. Constellation Centers. P.336 - §45 6. System Centers. P.336 - §46 7. Unclassified Centers.
P.337 - §1 C. Master Physical Controllers. P.337 - §2 1. Associate Power Directors. P.337 - §3 2. Mechanical Controllers. P.337 - §4 3. Energy Transformers. P.337 - §5 4. Energy Transmitters. P.337 - §6 5. Primary Associators. P.337 - §7 6. Secondary Dissociators. P.337 - §8 7. Frandalanks and Chronoldeks.
P.337 - §9 D. Morontia Power Supervisors. P.337 - §10 1. Circuit Regulators. P.337 - §11 2. System Co-ordinators. P.337 - §12 3. Planetary Custodians. P.337 - §13 4. Combined Controllers. P.337 - §14 5. Liaison Stabilizers. P.337 - §15 6. Selective Assorters. P.337 - §16 7. Associate Registrars.
P.337 - §17 VII. THE CORPS OF PERMANENT CITIZENSHIP. P.337 - §18 1. The Planetary Midwayers. P.337 - §19 2. The Adamic Sons of the Systems. P.337 - §20 3. The Constellation Univitatia. P.337 - §21 4. The Local Universe Susatia. P.337 - §22 5. Spirit-fused Mortals of the Local
Universes. P.337 - §23 6. The Superuniverse Abandonters. P.337 - §24 7. Son-fused Mortals of the Superuniverses. P.337 - §25 8. The Havona Natives. P.337 - §26 9. Natives of the Paradise Spheres of
the Spirit. P.337 - §27 10. Natives of the Father's Paradise
Spheres. P.337 - §28 11. The Created Citizens of Paradise. P.337 - §29 12. Adjuster-fused Mortal Citizens of Paradise. P.337 - §30 This is the working classification of
the personalities of the universes as they are of record on the headquarters
world of Uversa. P.337 - §31COMPOSITE 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: P.337 - §32 A. The Paradise Corps of the Finality. P.337 - §33 1. The Corps of Mortal Finaliters. P.337 - §34 2. The Corps of Paradise Finaliters. P.337 - §35 3. The Corps of Trinitized Finaliters. P.337 - §36 4. The Corps of Conjoint Trinitized Finaliters. P.337 - §37 5. The Corps of Havona Finaliters. P.337 - §38 6. The Corps of Transcendental Finaliters. P.337 - §39 7. The Corps of Unrevealed Sons of Destiny. P.337 - §40The Mortal Corps of the Finality is dealt with in the next and final paper of this series.
P.338 - §1 B. The Universe Aids. P.338 - §2 1. Bright and Morning Stars. P.338 - §3 2. Brilliant Evening Stars. P.338 - §4 3. Archangels. P.338 - §5 4. Most High Assistants. P.338 - §6 5. High Commissioners. P.338 - §7 6. Celestial Overseers. P.338 - §8 7. Mansion World Teachers. P.338 - §9 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. P.338 - §10 C. The Seven Courtesy Colonies. P.338 - §11 1. Star Students. P.338 - §12 2. Celestial Artisans. P.338 - §13 3. Reversion Directors. P.338 - §14 4. Extension-school Instructors. P.338 - §15 5. The Various Reserve Corps. P.338 - §16 6. Student Visitors. P.338 - §17 7. Ascending Pilgrims. P.338 - §18 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. |
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3. THE COURTESY COLONIES - P.338 P.338 - §19 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: P.338 - §20 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. P.338 - §21 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 P.339 - §0 corps, but no one admitted to this group
may withdraw under one millennium of Uversa time. P.339 - §1 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. P.339 - §2 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. P.339 - §3 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. P.339 - §4 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. P.339 - §5 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. P.339 - §6 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. P.339 - §7 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. P.339 - §8 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 P.340 - §0 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. P.340 - §1 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. P.340 - §2 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. |
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4. THE ASCENDING MORTALS - P.340 P.340 - §3 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: P.340 - §4 1. Planetary Mortals. P.340 - §5 2. Sleeping Survivors. P.340 - §6 3. Mansion World Students. P.340 - §7 4. Morontia Progressors. P.340 - §8 5. Superuniverse Wards. P.340 - §9 6. Havona Pilgrims. P.340 - §10 7. Paradise Arrivals. P.340 - §11 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. P.340 - §12 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. P.341 - §1 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. P.341 - §2 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. P.341 - §3 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. P.341 - §4 3. Mansion World Students. All surviving
mortals who reawaken on the mansion worlds belong to this class. P.341 - §5 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. P.341 - §6 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. P.341 - §7 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 P.342 - §0 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. P.342 - §1 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. P.342 - §2 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. P.342 - §3 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. P.342 - §4 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. P.342 - §5 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. P.342 - §6 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. P.342 - §7 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. P.342 - §8 The superuniverse regime is not the same
for all ascending mortals. They receive the same general education, but
special groups and classes are carried P.343 - §0 through special courses of instruction and are put through specific courses of training. P.343 - §1 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. P.343 - §2 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. P.343 - §3 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. P.343 - §4 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. P.343 - §5 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. P.343 - §6 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. P.343 - §7 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 P.344 - §0 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. P.344 - §1 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. P.344 - §2 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. P.344 - §3 [Sponsored by a Mighty Messenger from Uversa.] |
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