PAPER 30
PERSONALITIES OF THE GRAND UNIVERSE
30:0.1 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.
30:0.2 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.
1. THE PARADISE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING BEINGS
30:1.1 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:
30:1.2 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.
30:1.3 A. The Supreme Spirits.
1. The Seven Master Spirits.
2. The Seven Supreme Executives.
3. The Seven Orders of Reflective
Spirits.
30:1.4 B. The Stationary Sons of the
Trinity.
1. Trinitized Secrets of Supremacy.
2. Eternals of Days.
3. Ancients of Days.
4. Perfections of Days.
5. Recents of Days.
6. Unions of Days.
7. Faithfuls of Days.
8. Perfectors of Wisdom.
9. Divine Counselors.
10. Universal Censors.
30:1.5 C. Trinity-origin and Trinitized
Beings.
1. Trinity Teacher Sons.
2. Inspired Trinity Spirits.
3. Havona Natives.
4. Paradise Citizens.
5. Unrevealed Trinity-origin Beings.
6. Unrevealed Deity-trinitized Beings.
7. Trinitized Sons of Attainment.
8. Trinitized Sons of Selection.
9. Trinitized Sons of Perfection.
10. Creature-trinitized Sons.
30:1.6 II. 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.
30:1.7 A. The Descending Orders.
1. Creator Sons.
2. Magisterial Sons.
3. Bright and Morning Stars.
4. Father Melchizedeks.
5. The Melchizedeks.
6. The Vorondadeks.
7. The Lanonandeks.
8. Brilliant Evening Stars.
9. The Archangels.
10. Life Carriers.
11. Unrevealed Universe Aids.
12. Unrevealed Sons of God.
30:1.8 B. The Stationary Orders.
1. Abandonters.
2. Susatia.
3. Univitatia.
4. Spironga.
5. Unrevealed Dual-origin Beings.
30:1.9 C. The Ascending Orders.
1. Adjuster-fused Mortals.
2. Son-fused Mortals.
3. Spirit-fused Mortals.
4. Translated Midwayers.
5. Unrevealed Ascenders.
30:1.10 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.
30:1.11 A. The Supreme Spirits.
1. Gravity Messengers.
2. The Seven Spirits of the Havona Circuits.
3. The Twelvefold Adjutants of the Havona
Circuits.
4. The Reflective Image Aids.
5. Universe Mother Spirits.
6. The Sevenfold Adjutant Mind-Spirits.
7. Unrevealed Deity-origin Beings.
30:1.12 B. The Ascending Orders.
1. Personalized Adjusters.
2. Ascending Material Sons.
3. Evolutionary Seraphim.
4. Evolutionary Cherubim.
5. Unrevealed Ascenders.
30:1.13 C. The Family of the Infinite
Spirit.
1. Solitary Messengers.
2. Universe Circuit Supervisors.
3. Census Directors.
4. Personal Aids of the Infinite Spirit.
5. Associate Inspectors.
6. Assigned Sentinels.
7. Graduate Guides.
8. Havona Servitals.
9. Universal Conciliators.
10. Morontia Companions.
11. Supernaphim.
12. Seconaphim.
13. Tertiaphim.
14. Omniaphim.
15. Seraphim.
16. Cherubim and Sanobim.
17. Unrevealed Spirit-origin Beings.
18. The Seven Supreme Power Directors.
19. The Supreme Power Centers.
20. The Master Physical Controllers.
21. The Morontia Power Supervisors.
30:1.14 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.
30:1.15 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:
1. The Architects of the Master Universe.
2. Transcendental Recorders.
3. Other Transcendentalers.
4. Primary Eventuated Master Force Organizers.
5. Associate Transcendental Master Force
Organizers.
30:1.16 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.
30:1.17 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.
30:1.18 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.
30:1.19 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.
30:1.20 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.
30:1.21 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:
The Consummator of Universe Destiny.
The Qualified Vicegerents of the
Ultimate.
The Unqualified Supervisors of the
Supreme.
The Unrevealed Creative Agencies of the Ancients
of Days.
Majeston of Paradise.
The Unnamed Reflectivator Liaisons of
Majeston.
The Midsonite Orders of the Local
Universes.
30:1.22 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.
30:1.23 There are spirits: spirit entities, spirit
presences, personal spirits, prepersonal spirits, superpersonal spirits,
spirit existences, spirit personalities -- but neither mortal language nor
mortal intellect are adequate. We may however state that there are no
personalities of "pure mind"; no entity has personality unless he is endowed
with it by God who is spirit. Any mind entity that is not associated with
either spiritual or physical energy is not a personality. But in the same
sense that there are spirit personalities who have mind there are mind
personalities who have spirit. Majeston and his associates are fairly good
illustrations of mind-dominated beings, but there are better illustrations of
this type of personality unknown to you. There are even whole unrevealed
orders of such mind personalities, but they are always spirit
associated. Certain other unrevealed creatures are what might be termed
mindal- and physical-energy personalities. This type of being is
nonresponsive to spirit gravity but is nonetheless a true personality -- is
within the Father's circuit.
30:1.24 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?
2. THE UVERSA PERSONALITY REGISTER
30:2.1 The divine family of living beings is
registered on Uversa in seven grand divisions:
1. The Paradise Deities.
2. The Supreme Spirits.
3. The Trinity-origin Beings.
4. The Sons of God.
5. Personalities of the Infinite Spirit.
6. The Universe Power Directors.
7. The Corps of Permanent Citizenship.
30:2.2 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.
30:2.3 I. THE PARADISE DEITIES.
1. The Universal Father.
2. The Eternal Son.
3. The Infinite Spirit.
30:2.4 II. THE SUPREME SPIRITS.
1. The Seven Master Spirits.
2. The Seven Supreme Executives.
3. The Seven Groups of Reflective Spirits.
4. The Reflective Image Aids.
5. The Seven Spirits of the Circuits.
6. Local Universe Creative Spirits.
7. Adjutant Mind-Spirits.
30:2.5 III. THE TRINITY-ORIGIN
BEINGS.
1. Trinitized Secrets of Supremacy.
2. Eternals of Days.
3. Ancients of Days.
4. Perfections of Days.
5. Recents of Days.
6. Unions of Days.
7. Faithfuls of Days.
8. Trinity Teacher Sons.
9. Perfectors of Wisdom.
10. Divine Counselors.
11. Universal Censors.
12. Inspired Trinity Spirits.
13. Havona Natives.
14. Paradise Citizens.
30:2.6 IV. THE SONS OF GOD.
30:2.7 A. Descending Sons.
1. Creator Sons -- Michaels.
2. Magisterial Sons -- Avonals.
3. Trinity Teacher Sons -- Daynals.
4. Melchizedek Sons.
5. Vorondadek Sons.
6. Lanonandek Sons.
7. Life Carrier Sons.
30:2.8 B. Ascending Sons.
1. Father-fused Mortals.
2. Son-fused Mortals.
3. Spirit-fused Mortals.
4. Evolutionary Seraphim.
5. Ascending Material Sons.
6. Translated Midwayers.
7. Personalized Adjusters.
30:2.9 C. Trinitized Sons.
1. Mighty Messengers.
2. Those High in Authority.
3. Those without Name and Number.
4. Trinitized Custodians.
5. Trinitized Ambassadors.
6. Celestial Guardians.
7. High Son Assistants.
8. Ascender-trinitized Sons.
9. Paradise-Havona-trinitized Sons.
10. Trinitized Sons of Destiny.
30:2.10 V. PERSONALITIES OF THE INFINITE
SPIRIT.
30:2.11 A. Higher Personalities of the Infinite
Spirit.
1. Solitary Messengers.
2. Universe Circuit Supervisors.
3. Census Directors.
4. Personal Aids of the Infinite Spirit.
5. Associate Inspectors.
6. Assigned Sentinels.
7. Graduate Guides.
30:2.12 B. The Messenger Hosts of
Space.
1. Havona Servitals.
2. Universal Conciliators.
3. Technical Advisers.
4. Custodians of Records on Paradise.
5. Celestial Recorders.
6. Morontia Companions.
7. Paradise Companions.
30:2.13 C. The Ministering
Spirits.
1. Supernaphim.
2. Seconaphim.
3. Tertiaphim.
4. Omniaphim.
5. Seraphim.
6. Cherubim and Sanobim.
7. Midwayers.
30:2.14 VI. THE UNIVERSE POWER
DIRECTORS.
30:2.15 A. The Seven Supreme Power
Directors.
30:2.16 B. Supreme Power Centers.
1. Supreme Center Supervisors.
2. Havona Centers.
3. Superuniverse Centers.
4. Local Universe Centers.
5. Constellation Centers.
6. System Centers.
7. Unclassified Centers.
30:2.17 C. Master Physical
Controllers.
1. Associate Power Directors.
2. Mechanical Controllers.
3. Energy Transformers.
4. Energy Transmitters.
5. Primary Associators.
6. Secondary Dissociators.
7. Frandalanks and Chronoldeks.
30:2.18 D. Morontia Power
Supervisors.
1. Circuit Regulators.
2. System Co-ordinators.
3. Planetary Custodians.
4. Combined Controllers.
5. Liaison Stabilizers.
6. Selective Assorters.
7. Associate Registrars.
30:2.19 VII. THE CORPS OF PERMANENT
CITIZENSHIP.
1. The Planetary Midwayers.
2. The Adamic Sons of the Systems.
3. The Constellation Univitatia.
4. The Local Universe Susatia.
5. Spirit-fused Mortals of the Local Universes.
6. The Superuniverse Abandonters.
7. Son-fused Mortals of the Superuniverses.
8. The Havona Natives.
9. Natives of the Paradise Spheres of the Spirit.
10. Natives of the Father's Paradise Spheres.
11. The Created Citizens of Paradise.
12. Adjuster-fused Mortal Citizens of Paradise.
30:2.20 This is the working classification of the
personalities of the universes as they are of record on the headquarters world
of Uversa.
30:2.21 COMPOSITE 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:
30:2.22 A. The Paradise Corps of the
Finality.
1. The Corps of Mortal Finaliters.
2. The Corps of Paradise Finaliters.
3. The Corps of Trinitized Finaliters.
4. The Corps of Conjoint Trinitized Finaliters.
5. The Corps of Havona Finaliters.
6. The Corps of Transcendental Finaliters.
7. The Corps of Unrevealed Sons of Destiny.
30:2.23 The Mortal Corps of the Finality is dealt
with in the next and final paper of this series.
30:2.24 B. The Universe Aids.
1. Bright and Morning Stars.
2. Brilliant Evening Stars.
3. Archangels.
4. Most High Assistants.
5. High Commissioners.
6. Celestial Overseers.
7. Mansion World Teachers.
30:2.25 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.
30:2.26 C. The Seven Courtesy
Colonies.
1. Star Students.
2. Celestial Artisans.
3. Reversion Directors.
4. Extension-school Instructors.
5. The Various Reserve Corps.
6. Student Visitors.
7. Ascending Pilgrims.
30:2.27 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.
3. THE COURTESY COLONIES
30:3.1 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:
30:3.2 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.
30:3.3 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 corps, but no one admitted to this
group may withdraw under one millennium of Uversa time.
30:3.4 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.
30:3.5 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.
30:3.6 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.
30:3.7 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.
30:3.8 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.
30:3.9 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.
30:3.10 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.
30:3.11 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 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.
30:3.12 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.
30:3.13 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.
4. THE ASCENDING MORTALS
30:4.1 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:
1. Planetary Mortals.
2. Sleeping Survivors.
3. Mansion World Students.
4. Morontia Progressors.
5. Superuniverse Wards.
6. Havona Pilgrims.
7. Paradise Arrivals.
30:4.2 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.
30:4.3 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.
30:4.4 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.
30:4.5 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.
30:4.6 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.
30:4.7 3. Mansion World Students. All
surviving mortals who reawaken on the mansion worlds belong to this
class.
30:4.8 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.
30:4.9 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.
30:4.10 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 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.
30:4.11 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.
30:4.12 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.
30:4.13 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.
30:4.14 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.
30:4.15 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.
30:4.16 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.
30:4.17 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.
30:4.18 The superuniverse regime is not the same for
all ascending mortals. They receive the same general education, but special
groups and classes are carried through special courses of instruction and are
put through specific courses of training.
30:4.19 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.
30:4.20 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.
30:4.21 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.
30:4.22 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.
30:4.23 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.
30:4.24 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.
30:4.25 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 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.
30:4.26 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.
30:4.27 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.
30:4.28 Sponsored
by a Mighty Messenger from Uversa.
