PAPER 34
THE LOCAL UNIVERSE MOTHER SPIRIT
34:0.1 WHEN a Creator Son is personalized by the
Universal Father and the Eternal Son, then does the Infinite Spirit
individualize a new and unique representation of himself to accompany this
Creator Son to the realms of space, there to be his companion, first, in
physical organization and, later, in creation and ministry to the creatures of
the newly projected universe.
34:0.2 A Creative Spirit reacts to both physical and
spiritual realities; so does a Creator Son; and thus are they co-ordinate and
associate in the administration of a local universe of time and
space.
34:0.3 These Daughter Spirits are of the essence of
the Infinite Spirit, but they cannot function in the work of physical creation
and spiritual ministry simultaneously. In physical creation the Universe Son
provides the pattern while the Universe Spirit initiates the materialization
of physical realities. The Son operates in the power designs, but the Spirit
transforms these energy creations into physical substances. Although it is
somewhat difficult to portray this early universe presence of the Infinite
Spirit as a person, nevertheless, to the Creator Son the Spirit associate is
personal and has always functioned as a distinct individual.
1. PERSONALIZATION OF THE CREATIVE SPIRIT
34:1.1 After the completion of the physical
organization of a starry and planetary cluster and the establishment of the
energy circuits by the superuniverse power centers, subsequent to this
preliminary work of creation by the agencies of the Infinite Spirit, operating
through, and under the direction of, his local universe creative focalization,
there goes forth the proclamation of the Michael Son that life is next to be
projected in the newly organized universe. Upon the Paradise recognition of
this declaration of intention, there occurs a reaction of approval in the
Paradise Trinity, followed by the disappearance in the spiritual shining of
the Deities of the Master Spirit in whose superuniverse this new creation is
organizing. Meanwhile the other Master Spirits draw near this central lodgment
of the Paradise Deities, and subsequently, when the Deity-embraced Master
Spirit emerges to the recognition of his fellows, there occurs what is known
as a "primary eruption." This is a tremendous spiritual flash, a phenomenon
clearly discernible as far away as the headquarters of the superuniverse
concerned; and simultaneously with this little-understood Trinity
manifestation there occurs a marked change in the nature of the creative
spirit presence and power of the Infinite Spirit resident in the local
universe concerned. In response to these Paradise phenomena there immediately
personalizes, in the very presence of the Creator Son, a new personal
representation of the Infinite Spirit. This is the Divine Minister. The
individualized Creative Spirit helper of the Creator Son has become his
personal creative associate, the local universe Mother Spirit.
34:1.2 From and through this new personal
segregation of the Conjoint Creator there proceed the established currents and
the ordained circuits of spirit power and spiritual influence destined to
pervade all the worlds and beings of that local universe. In reality, this new
and personal presence is but a transformation of the pre-existent and less
personal associate of the Son in his earlier work of physical universe
organization.
34:1.3 This is the relation of a stupendous drama in
few words, but it represents about all that can be told regarding these
momentous transactions. They are instantaneous, inscrutable, and
incomprehensible; the secret of the technique and procedure resides in the
bosom of the Paradise Trinity. Of only one thing are we certain: The Spirit
presence in the local universe during the time of purely physical creation or
organization was incompletely differentiated from the spirit of the Paradise
Infinite Spirit; whereas, after the reappearance of the supervising Master
Spirit from the secret embrace of the Gods and following the flash of
spiritual energy, the local universe manifestation of the Infinite Spirit
suddenly and completely changes to the personal likeness of that Master Spirit
who was in transmuting liaison with the Infinite Spirit. The local universe
Mother Spirit thus acquires a personal nature tinged by that of the Master
Spirit of the superuniverse of astronomic jurisdiction.
34:1.4 This personalized presence of the Infinite
Spirit, the Creative Mother Spirit of the local universe, is known in Satania
as the Divine Minister. To all practical intents and spiritual purposes this
manifestation of Deity is a divine individual, a spirit person. And she is so
recognized and regarded by the Creator Son. It is through this localization
and personalization of the Third Source and Center in our local universe that
the Spirit could subsequently become so fully subject to the Creator Son that
of this Son it was truly said, "All power in heaven and on earth has been
intrusted to him."
2. NATURE OF THE DIVINE MINISTER
34:2.1 Having undergone marked personality
metamorphosis at the time of life creation, the Divine Minister thereafter
functions as a person and co-operates in a very personal manner with the
Creator Son in the planning and management of the extensive affairs of their
local creation. To many universe types of being, even this representation of
the Infinite Spirit may not appear to be wholly personal during the ages
preceding the final Michael bestowal; but subsequent to the elevation of the
Creator Son to the sovereign authority of a Master Son, the Creative Mother
Spirit becomes so augmented in personal qualities as to be personally
recognized by all contacting individuals.
34:2.2 From the earliest association with the
Creator Son the Universe Spirit possesses all the physical-control attributes
of the Infinite Spirit, including the full endowment of antigravity. Upon the
attainment of personal status the Universe Spirit exerts just as full and
complete control of mind gravity, in the local universe, as would the Infinite
Spirit if personally present.
34:2.3 In each local universe the Divine Minister
functions in accordance with the nature and inherent characteristics of the
Infinite Spirit as embodied in one of the Seven Master Spirits of Paradise.
While there is a basic uniformity of character in all Universe Spirits, there
is also a diversity of function, determined by their origin through one of the
Seven Master Spirits. This differential of origin accounts for the diverse
techniques in the function of the local universe Mother Spirits in different
superuniverses. But in all essential spiritual attributes these Spirits are
identical, equally spiritual and wholly divine, irrespective of superuniverse
differentiation.
34:2.4 The Creative Spirit is coresponsible with the
Creator Son in producing the creatures of the worlds and never fails the Son
in all efforts to uphold and conserve these creations. Life is ministered and
maintained through the agency of the Creative Spirit. "You send forth your
Spirit, and they are created. You renew the face of the earth."
34:2.5 In the creation of a universe of intelligent
creatures the Creative Mother Spirit functions first in the sphere of universe
perfection, collaborating with the Son in the production of the Bright and
Morning Star. Subsequently the offspring of the Spirit increasingly approach
the order of created beings on the planets, even as the Sons grade downward
from the Melchizedeks to the Material Sons, who actually contact with the
mortals of the realms. In the later evolution of mortal creatures the Life
Carrier Sons provide the physical body, fabricated out of the existing
organized material of the realm, while the Universe Spirit contributes the
"breath of life."
34:2.6 While the seventh segment of the grand
universe may, in many respects, be tardy in development, thoughtful students
of our problems look forward to the evolution of an extraordinarily
well-balanced creation in the ages to come. We predict this high degree of
symmetry in Orvonton because the presiding Spirit of this superuniverse is the
chief of the Master Spirits on high, being a spirit intelligence embodying the
balanced union and perfect co-ordination of the traits and character of all
three of the eternal Deities. We are tardy and backward in comparison with
other sectors, but there undoubtedly awaits us a transcendent development and
an unprecedented achievement sometime in the eternal ages of the future.
3. THE SON AND SPIRIT IN TIME AND SPACE
34:3.1 Neither the Eternal Son nor the Infinite
Spirit is limited or conditioned by either time or space, but most of their
offspring are.
34:3.2 The Infinite Spirit pervades all space and
indwells the circle of eternity. Still, in their personal contact with the
children of time, the personalities of the Infinite Spirit must often reckon
with temporal elements, though not so much with space. Many mind ministries
ignore space but suffer a time lag in effecting co-ordination of diverse
levels of universe reality. A Solitary Messenger is virtually independent of
space except that time is actually required in traveling from one location to
another; and there are similar entities unknown to you.
34:3.3 In personal prerogatives a Creative Spirit is
wholly and entirely independent of space, but not of time. There is no
specialized personal presence of such a Universe Spirit on either the
constellation or system headquarters. She is equally and diffusely present
throughout her entire local universe and is, therefore, just as literally and
personally present on one world as on any other.
34:3.4 Only as regards the element of time is a
Creative Spirit ever limited in her universe ministrations. A Creator Son acts
instantaneously throughout his universe; but the Creative Spirit must reckon
with time in the ministration of the universal mind except as she consciously
and designedly avails herself of the personal prerogatives of the Universe
Son. In pure-spirit function the Creative Spirit also acts independently of
time as well as in her collaboration with the mysterious function of universe
reflectivity.
34:3.5 Though the spirit-gravity circuit of the
Eternal Son operates independently of both time and space, all functions of
the Creator Sons are not exempt from space limitations. If the transactions of
the evolutionary worlds are excepted, these Michael Sons seem to be able to
operate relatively independent of time. A Creator Son is not handicapped by
time, but he is conditioned by space; he cannot personally be in two places at
the same time. Michael of Nebadon acts timelessly within his own universe and
by reflectivity practically so in the superuniverse. He communicates
timelessly with the Eternal Son directly.
34:3.6 The Divine Minister is the understanding
helper of the Creator Son, enabling him to overcome and atone for his inherent
limitations regarding space, for when these two function in administrative
union, they are practically independent of time and space within the confines
of their local creation. Therefore, as practically observed throughout a local
universe, the Creator Son and the Creative Spirit usually function
independently of both time and space since there is always available to each
the time and the space liberation of the other.
34:3.7 Only absolute beings are independent of time
and space in the absolute sense. The majority of the subordinate persons of
both the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit are subject to both time and
space.
34:3.8 When a Creative Spirit becomes "space
conscious," she is preparing to recognize a circumscribed "space domain" as
hers, a realm in which to be space free in contradistinction to all other
space by which she would be conditioned. One is free to choose and act only
within the realm of one's consciousness.
4. THE LOCAL UNIVERSE CIRCUITS
34:4.1 There are three distinct spirit circuits in
the local universe of Nebadon:
1. The bestowal spirit of the Creator Son, the
Comforter, the Spirit of Truth.
2. The spirit circuit of the Divine Minister, the
Holy Spirit.
3. The intelligence-ministry circuit, including
the more or less unified activities but diverse functioning of the seven
adjutant mind-spirits.
34:4.2 The Creator Sons are endowed with a spirit of
universe presence in many ways analogous to that of the Seven Master Spirits
of Paradise. This is the Spirit of Truth which is poured out upon a world by a
bestowal Son after he receives spiritual title to such a sphere. This bestowed
Comforter is the spiritual force which ever draws all truth seekers towards
Him who is the personification of truth in the local universe. This spirit is
an inherent endowment of the Creator Son, emerging from his divine nature just
as the master circuits of the grand universe are derived from the personality
presences of the Paradise Deities.
34:4.3 The Creator Son may come and go; his personal
presence may be in the local universe or elsewhere; yet the Spirit of Truth
functions undisturbed, for this divine presence, while derived from the
personality of the Creator Son, is functionally centered in the person of the
Divine Minister.
34:4.4 The Universe Mother Spirit, however, never
leaves the local universe headquarters world. The spirit of the Creator Son
may and does function independently of the personal presence of the Son, but
not so with her personal spirit. The Holy Spirit of the Divine Minister would
become nonfunctional if her personal presence should be removed from
Salvington. Her spirit presence seems to be fixed on the universe headquarters
world, and it is this very fact that enables the spirit of the Creator Son to
function independently of the whereabouts of the Son. The Universe Mother
Spirit acts as the universe focus and center of the Spirit of Truth as well as
of her own personal influence, the Holy Spirit.
34:4.5 The Creator Father-Son and the Creative
Mother Spirit both contribute variously to the mind endowment of their local
universe children. But the Creative Spirit does not bestow mind until she is
endowed with personal prerogatives.
34:4.6 The superevolutionary orders of personality
in a local universe are endowed with the local universe type of the
superuniverse pattern of mind. The human and the subhuman orders of
evolutionary life are endowed with the adjutant spirit types of mind
ministration.
34:4.7 The seven adjutant mind-spirits are the
creation of the Divine Minister of a local universe. These mind-spirits are
similar in character but diverse in power, and all partake alike of the nature
of the Universe Spirit, although they are hardly regarded as personalities
apart from their Mother Creator. The seven adjutants have been given the
following names: the spirit of wisdom, the spirit of worship,
the spirit of counsel, the spirit of knowledge, the spirit of
courage, the spirit of understanding, the spirit of
intuition -- of quick perception.
34:4.8 These are the "seven spirits of God," "like
lamps burning before the throne," which the prophet saw in the symbols of
vision. But he did not see the seats of the four and twenty sentinels about
these seven adjutant mind-spirits. This record represents the confusion of two
presentations, one pertaining to the universe headquarters and the other to
the system capital. The seats of the four and twenty elders are on Jerusem,
the headquarters of your local system of inhabited worlds.
34:4.9 But it was of Salvington that John wrote:
"And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices" -- the
universe broadcasts to the local systems. He also envisaged the directional
control creatures of the local universe, the living compasses of the
headquarters world. This directional control in Nebadon is maintained by the
four control creatures of Salvington, who operate over the universe currents
and are ably assisted by the first functioning mind-spirit, the adjutant of
intuition, the spirit of "quick understanding." But the description of these
four creatures -- called beasts -- has been sadly marred; they are of
unparalleled beauty and exquisite form.
34:4.10 The four points of the compass are universal
and inherent in the life of Nebadon. All living creatures possess bodily units
which are sensitive and responsive to these directional currents. These
creature creations are duplicated on down through the universe to the
individual planets and, in conjunction with the magnetic forces of the worlds,
so activate the hosts of microscopic bodies in the animal organism that these
direction cells ever point north and south. Thus is the sense of orientation
forever fixed in the living beings of the universe. This sense is not wholly
wanting as a conscious possession by mankind. These bodies were first observed
on Urantia about the time of this narration.
5. THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT
34:5.1 The Divine Minister co-operates with the
Creator Son in the formulation of life and the creation of new orders of
beings up to the time of his seventh bestowal and, subsequently, after his
elevation to the full sovereignty of the universe, continues to collaborate
with the Son and the Son's bestowed spirit in the further work of world
ministry and planetary progression.
34:5.2 On the inhabited worlds the Spirit begins the
work of evolutionary progression, starting with the lifeless material of the
realm, first endowing vegetable life, then the animal organisms, then the
first orders of human existence; and each succeeding impartation contributes
to the further unfolding of the evolutionary potential of planetary life from
the initial and primitive stages to the appearance of will creatures. This
labor of the Spirit is largely effected through the seven adjutants, the
spirits of promise, the unifying and co-ordinating spirit-mind of the evolving
planets, ever and unitedly leading the races of men towards higher ideas and
spiritual ideals.
34:5.3 Mortal man first experiences the ministry of
the Spirit in conjunction with mind when the purely animal mind of
evolutionary creatures develops reception capacity for the adjutants of
worship and of wisdom. This ministry of the sixth and seventh adjutants
indicates mind evolution crossing the threshold of spiritual ministry. And
immediately are such minds of worship- and wisdom-function included in the
spiritual circuits of the Divine Minister.
34:5.4 When mind is thus endowed with the ministry
of the Holy Spirit, it possesses the capacity for (consciously or
unconsciously) choosing the spiritual presence of the Universal Father -- the
Thought Adjuster. But it is not until a bestowal Son has liberated the Spirit
of Truth for planetary ministry to all mortals that all normal minds are
automatically prepared for the reception of the Thought Adjusters. The Spirit
of Truth works as one with the presence of the spirit of the Divine Minister.
This dual spirit liaison hovers over the worlds, seeking to teach truth and to
spiritually enlighten the minds of men, to inspire the souls of the creatures
of the ascending races, and to lead the peoples dwelling on the evolutionary
planets ever towards their Paradise goal of divine destiny.
34:5.5 Though the Spirit of Truth is poured out upon
all flesh, this spirit of the Son is almost wholly limited in function and
power by man's personal reception of that which constitutes the sum and
substance of the mission of the bestowal Son. The Holy Spirit is partly
independent of human attitude and partially conditioned by the decisions and
co-operation of the will of man. Nevertheless, the ministry of the Holy Spirit
becomes increasingly effective in the sanctification and spiritualization of
the inner life of those mortals who the more fully obey the divine leadings.
34:5.6 As individuals you do not personally possess
a segregated portion or entity of the spirit of the Creator Father-Son or the
Creative Mother Spirit; these ministries do not contact with, nor indwell, the
thinking centers of the individual's mind as do the Mystery Monitors. Thought
Adjusters are definite individualizations of the prepersonal reality of the
Universal Father, actually indwelling the mortal mind as a very part of that
mind, and they ever work in perfect harmony with the combined spirits of the
Creator Son and Creative Spirit.
34:5.7 The presence of the Holy Spirit of the
Universe Daughter of the Infinite Spirit, of the Spirit of Truth of the
Universe Son of the Eternal Son, and of the Adjuster-spirit of the Paradise
Father in or with an evolutionary mortal, denotes symmetry of spiritual
endowment and ministry and qualifies such a mortal consciously to realize the
faith-fact of sonship with God.
6. THE SPIRIT IN MAN
34:6.1 With the advancing evolution of an inhabited
planet and the further spiritualization of its inhabitants, additional
spiritual influences may be received by such mature personalities. As mortals
progress in mind control and spirit perception, these multiple spirit
ministries become more and more co-ordinate in function; they become
increasingly blended with the overministry of the Paradise Trinity.
34:6.2 Although Divinity may be plural in
manifestation, in human experience Deity is singular, always one.
Neither is spiritual ministry plural in human experience. Regardless of
plurality of origin, all spirit influences are one in function. Indeed they
are one, being the spirit ministry of God the Sevenfold in and to the
creatures of the grand universe; and as creatures grow in appreciation of, and
receptivity for, this unifying ministry of the spirit, it becomes in their
experience the ministry of God the Supreme.
34:6.3 From the heights of eternal glory the divine
Spirit descends, by a long series of steps, to meet you as you are and where
you are and then, in the partnership of faith, lovingly to embrace the soul of
mortal origin and to embark on the sure and certain retracement of those steps
of condescension, never stopping until the evolutionary soul is safely exalted
to the very heights of bliss from which the divine Spirit originally sallied
forth on this mission of mercy and ministry.
34:6.4 Spiritual forces unerringly seek and attain
their own original levels. Having gone out from the Eternal, they are certain
to return thereto, bringing with them all those children of time and space who
have espoused the leading and teaching of the indwelling Adjuster, those who
have been truly "born of the Spirit," the faith sons of God.
34:6.5 The divine Spirit is the source of continual
ministry and encouragement to the children of men. Your power and achievement
is "according to his mercy, through the renewing of the Spirit." Spiritual
life, like physical energy, is consumed. Spiritual effort results in relative
spiritual exhaustion. The whole ascendant experience is real as well as
spiritual; therefore, it is truly written, "It is the Spirit that quickens."
"The Spirit gives life."
34:6.6 The dead theory of even the highest religious
doctrines is powerless to transform human character or to control mortal
behavior. What the world of today needs is the truth which your teacher of old
declared: "Not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit." The
seed of theoretical truth is dead, the highest moral concepts without effect,
unless and until the divine Spirit breathes upon the forms of truth and
quickens the formulas of righteousness.
34:6.7 Those who have received and recognized the
indwelling of God have been born of the Spirit. "You are the temple of God,
and the spirit of God dwells in you." It is not enough that this spirit be
poured out upon you; the divine Spirit must dominate and control every phase
of human experience.
34:6.8 It is the presence of the divine Spirit, the
water of life, that prevents the consuming thirst of mortal discontent and
that indescribable hunger of the unspiritualized human mind. Spirit-motivated
beings "never thirst, for this spiritual water shall be in them a well of
satisfaction springing up into life everlasting." Such divinely watered souls
are all but independent of material environment as regards the joys of living
and the satisfactions of earthly existence. They are spiritually illuminated
and refreshed, morally strengthened and endowed.
34:6.9 In every mortal there exists a dual nature:
the inheritance of animal tendencies and the high urge of spirit endowment.
During the short life you live on Urantia, these two diverse and opposing
urges can seldom be fully reconciled; they can hardly be harmonized and
unified; but throughout your lifetime the combined Spirit ever ministers to
assist you in subjecting the flesh more and more to the leading of the Spirit.
Even though you must live your material life through, even though you cannot
escape the body and its necessities, nonetheless, in purpose and ideals you
are empowered increasingly to subject the animal nature to the mastery of the
Spirit. There truly exists within you a conspiracy of spiritual forces, a
confederation of divine powers, whose exclusive purpose is to effect your
final deliverance from material bondage and finite handicaps.
34:6.10 The purpose of all this ministration is,
"That you may be strengthened with power through His spirit in the inner man."
And all this represents but the preliminary steps to the final attainment of
the perfection of faith and service, that experience wherein you shall be
"filled with all the fullness of God," "for all those who are led by the
spirit of God are the sons of God."
34:6.11 The Spirit never drives, only leads.
If you are a willing learner, if you want to attain spirit levels and reach
divine heights, if you sincerely desire to reach the eternal goal, then the
divine Spirit will gently and lovingly lead you along the pathway of sonship
and spiritual progress. Every step you take must be one of willingness,
intelligent and cheerful co-operation. The domination of the Spirit is never
tainted with coercion nor compromised by compulsion.
34:6.12 And when such a life of spirit guidance is
freely and intelligently accepted, there gradually develops within the human
mind a positive consciousness of divine contact and assurance of spirit
communion; sooner or later "the Spirit bears witness with your spirit (the
Adjuster) that you are a child of God." Already has your own Thought Adjuster
told you of your kinship to God so that the record testifies that the Spirit
bears witness "with your spirit," not to your spirit.
34:6.13 The consciousness of the spirit domination
of a human life is presently attended by an increasing exhibition of the
characteristics of the Spirit in the life reactions of such a spirit-led
mortal, "for the fruits of the spirit are love, joy, peace, long-suffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance." Such spirit-guided and
divinely illuminated mortals, while they yet tread the lowly paths of toil and
in human faithfulness perform the duties of their earthly assignments, have
already begun to discern the lights of eternal life as they glimmer on the
faraway shores of another world; already have they begun to comprehend the
reality of that inspiring and comforting truth, "The kingdom of God is not
meat and drink but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit." And
throughout every trial and in the presence of every hardship, spirit-born
souls are sustained by that hope which transcends all fear because the love of
God is shed abroad in all hearts by the presence of the divine Spirit.
7. THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH
34:7.1 The flesh, the inherent nature derived from
the animal-origin races, does not naturally bear the fruits of the divine
Spirit. When the mortal nature has been upstepped by the addition of the
nature of the Material Sons of God, as the Urantia races were in a measure
advanced by the bestowal of Adam, then is the way better prepared for the
Spirit of Truth to co-operate with the indwelling Adjuster to bring forth the
beautiful harvest of the character fruits of the spirit. If you do not reject
this spirit, even though eternity may be required to fulfill the commission,
"he will guide you into all truth."
34:7.2 Evolutionary mortals inhabiting normal worlds
of spiritual progress do not experience the acute conflicts between the spirit
and the flesh which characterize the present-day Urantia races. But even on
the most ideal planets, pre-Adamic man must put forth positive efforts to
ascend from the purely animalistic plane of existence up through successive
levels of increasingly intellectual meanings and higher spiritual
values.
34:7.3 The mortals of a normal world do not
experience constant warfare between their physical and spiritual natures. They
are confronted with the necessity of climbing up from the animal levels of
existence to the higher planes of spiritual living, but this ascent is more
like undergoing an educational training when compared with the intense
conflicts of Urantia mortals in this realm of the divergent material and
spiritual natures.
34:7.4 The Urantia peoples are suffering the
consequences of a double deprivation of help in this task of progressive
planetary spiritual attainment. The Caligastia upheaval precipitated
world-wide confusion and robbed all subsequent generations of the moral
assistance which a well-ordered society would have provided. But even more
disastrous was the Adamic default in that it deprived the races of that
superior type of physical nature which would have been more consonant with
spiritual aspirations.
34:7.5 Urantia mortals are compelled to undergo such
marked struggling between the spirit and the flesh because their remote
ancestors were not more fully Adamized by the Edenic bestowal. It was the
divine plan that the mortal races of Urantia should have had physical natures
more naturally spirit responsive.
34:7.6 Notwithstanding this double disaster to man's
nature and his environment, present-day mortals would experience less of this
apparent warfare between the flesh and the spirit if they would enter the
spirit kingdom, wherein the faith sons of God enjoy comparative deliverance
from the slave-bondage of the flesh in the enlightened and liberating service
of wholehearted devotion to doing the will of the Father in heaven. Jesus
showed mankind the new way of mortal living whereby human beings may very
largely escape the dire consequences of the Caligastic rebellion and most
effectively compensate for the deprivations resulting from the Adamic default.
"The spirit of the life of Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of
animal living and the temptations of evil and sin." "This is the victory that
overcomes the flesh, even your faith."
34:7.7 Those God-knowing men and women who have been
born of the Spirit experience no more conflict with their mortal natures than
do the inhabitants of the most normal of worlds, planets which have never been
tainted with sin nor touched by rebellion. Faith sons work on intellectual
levels and live on spiritual planes far above the conflicts produced by
unrestrained or unnatural physical desires. The normal urges of animal beings
and the natural appetites and impulses of the physical nature are not in
conflict with even the highest spiritual attainment except in the minds of
ignorant, mistaught, or unfortunately overconscientious persons.
34:7.8 Having started out on the way of life
everlasting, having accepted the assignment and received your orders to
advance, do not fear the dangers of human forgetfulness and mortal
inconstancy, do not be troubled with doubts of failure or by perplexing
confusion, do not falter and question your status and standing, for in every
dark hour, at every crossroad in the forward struggle, the Spirit of Truth
will always speak, saying, "This is the way."
34:7.9 Presented by
a Mighty Messenger temporarily assigned to service on
Urantia.
