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Mind,Matter and Spirit

Mind,Matter and Spirit
Mind,Matter and Spirit
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Mind,Matter and Spirit

Our final look at Paper 12, about the essence of energy, gravity and the three elements of true reality.

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OK, we're going to continue with
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Truth here on the Rancho Radio
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Welcome back, Brother Jim here
and here to talk about the

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revelation.
And we will do that.

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And this time up, we'll have our
conclusion on Section 12 and in

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this subject, mind matter and
spirit.

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All right, we're back.
Welcome to the Rancho Radio

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podcast.
And we take a continuing look at

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Paper 12 and in this chapter,
the final section of that paper

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having to do with the universe
of universes.

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And in this discussion they
bring to us the idea of mind,

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matter and spirit from Paper 12,
Section 8.

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God is spirit, but paradise is
not.

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The material universe is always
the arena wherein takes place

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all spiritual activities.
Spirit beings and spirit

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ascenders live and work on
physical spheres of material

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reality.
In that same section, the

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bestowal of cosmic force, the
domain of cosmic gravity, is the

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function of the Isle of
Paradise.

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All original Force energy
proceeds from Paradise, and the

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matter for the making of untold
universes now circulates

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throughout the Master Universe
in the form of a super gravity

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presence, which constitutes the
force energy of pervaded space.

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Physical energy is the one
reality that is true and

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steadfast in its obedience to
universal Law.

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Only in their realms of creature
volition has there been

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deviation from the divine paths
and the original plans.

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Power and energy are the
universe evidences of the

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stability, constancy and
eternity of the central Isle of

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Paradise.
From Paper 12, Section 8, it

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reads the bestowal of Spirit and
the spiritualization of

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personalities.
The Domain of spiritual gravity

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is the realm of the Eternal Son,
the second person of the

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Trinity.
But material minded man is

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naturally more familiar with the
material manifestations of a

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physical nature than with the
equally real and mighty

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operations of a spiritual
nature, which are discerned only

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by the spiritual inside of the
soul.

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What paradise is to the physical
creation and what the eternal

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sign is to the spiritual
universe, the conjoint actor is

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to the realm of mind, the
intelligent universe of

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material, morantial and
spiritual beings and

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personalities.
The conjoint actor reacts to

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both material and spiritual
realities and therefore

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inherently becomes the universe
minister to all intelligent

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beings, beings who may represent
a union of both the material and

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spiritual phases of creation.
The endowment of intelligence is

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the exclusive domain of the
conjoint actor who thus becomes

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the partner of the spiritual
mind and the substance of the

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material mind of the
evolutionary creatures of time.

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From Section 8 in Section 8 of
Paper 12 we read Mind is the

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technique where spirit realities
become experiential to creature

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personalities and in the last
analysis, the unifying

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possibilities of even human
mind.

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The ability to coordinate
things, ideas and values is

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super material, though it is
hardly possible for the material

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mind to comprehend the seven
levels of relative cosmic

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reality.
The human intellect should be

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able to grasp much of the
meaning of three functioning

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levels of finite reality, which
are matter organized energy,

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which is subject to linear
gravity, except that it, as it

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is modified by motion and
condition by mind.

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Then there's mind, which is
organized consciousness, which

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is not wholly subject to
material gravity, and which

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becomes truly liberated when
modified by Spirit, and then #3

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Spirit Reality, the highest
personal reality, True Spirit,

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is not subject to physical
gravity, but eventually becomes

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the motivating influence of all
evolving energy systems.

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Also from that same paper,
Section 8.

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The bestowal of mind and the
administration of Spirit are the

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work of the associate Persons of
Deity, the Infinite Spirit and

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the Eternal Son.
On Paradise.

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The three energies, physical,
mindful and spiritual, are

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coordinate.
Spirit is the fundamental

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reality of the personality
experience of all creatures.

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Because God is Spirit, Spirit is
unchanging and therefore in all

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personality relations, which are
experiential variables of

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progressive attainment 12/8 in
cosmic evolution, matter becomes

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a philosophic shadow cast by
mind in the presence of Spirit,

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luminosity of divine
enlightenment.

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But this does not invalidate the
reality of matter.

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Energy, mind.
Matter and spirit are equally

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real, but they are not of equal
value to personality and the

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attainment of divinity.
Consciousness of divinity is a

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progressive spiritual
experience.

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And finally there's this from 12
Section 8.

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The brighter of the shining of
the spiritual Father, the

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greater the shadow cast by the
intervening mind upon its

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material investment in time.
Man's body is just as real as

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mind or spirit, but in death
both mind and spirit survive

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while a body does not.
A cosmic reality can be non

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existent and personality
experience.

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And so your Greek figure of
speech material as the shadow of

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the more and real spirit
substance, does have a

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philosophic significance.
So what is reality?

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The revelators tell us reality
is expressible and experiential

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in mind matter and spirit.
Matter is factually real, but it

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is also true.
Spirit strives to dominate mind,

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even human mind, which exerts
control and is dominant in the

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material world.
In the same way, the Isle of

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Paradise doesn't control God,
but rather the spirit mind of

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God is dominant over the Isle of
Paradise and all things

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material.
These are the thoughts to ponder

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when contemplating the inner
association of the three aspects

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of reality.
Think of this application.

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You and I are material beings.
We are also endowed with a mind

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that observes this physical
reality, but it is the spiritual

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influence that allows us to
assess value in material things

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and relationships and then later
of the morontia realities of the

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next life.
Now, as a closing note, the

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author of this particular paper,
of whom I am quoting, is a

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perfector of wisdom.
What is a Perfector of wisdom?

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They are Trinity Origin beings,
1 billion of them, who serve

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under the authority of the
Ancients of Days, also of

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Paradise Origin, described in
Paper 19 as a specialized

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creation designed to personify
the wisdom of Divinity in the

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Super Universe, including our
own, and they are wholly

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occupied with the administration
of the Super Universe

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governments.
In a crude form, I might

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describe them as Supreme Court
clerks, but at a much higher in

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deeper level, serving the
judicial branch of the divine

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courts of the heavenly spheres.
That's sort of my mind and, and,

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and how I interpret a perfector
of wisdom and this whole

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exercise.
These concepts provide a glimpse

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of not only how reality is
defined as three separate

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aspects of creation, but also an
example of the great truths that

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lie before us as we continue our
ascendant, God filled journey of

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the ages, the immortal life.
And thus we come to a close on

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this episode as we've discussed
Paper 12 in these last few

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episodes of the Rancho Radio
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