9 - The 9th of the 28 Principles in The Urantia Book
the 9th of the 28 principles in the urantia book
The 9th of the
The fundamental glue that holds any relationship together...is trust...in the face of recurring uncertainties.
28 Principles in The Urantia Book
The Great Question Number Three
3. Is hope—the grandeur of trust—desirable? Then human existence must constantly be confronted with insecurities and recurrent uncertainties.
The Great Goal of Hue-manimal Existence
It is to the mind of perfect poise, housed in a body of clean habits, stabilized neural energies, and balanced chemical function—when the physical, mental, and spiritual powers are in triune harmony of development—that a maximum of light and truth can be imparted with a minimum of temporal danger or risk to the real welfare of such a being. By such a balanced growth does man ascend the circles of planetary progression one by one, from the seventh to the first.
On the Path to Understanding the "Mastery of Self"
I encourage you to not just read these principles, again and again, but also memorize them. By memorizing them, you will be able to recall them when you are challenged to say and do the right-use-of-personal-power thing in difficult relationships.
Always Look at the Inverse Meaning
- What is the value of "always looking at the inverse meaning?"
Before reading further, you may want to review you understanding of the meaning of "action," "moderation," and "charm."
“Action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/action. Accessed 22 Aug. 2021.“Moderate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moderate. Accessed 22 Aug. 2021.“Charm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charm. Accessed 22 Aug. 2021.
In order to better comprehend the 9th of the 28 principles in The Urantia Book, let us first look at the inverse of "action," "moderation," and "charm."
- The inverse (opposite) of "action" is "inaction."
- The inverse of moderation is "excess," "overindulgence," and "gluttony."
- The inverse of charm is "irritating," "repelling," and "disgusting."
So now, we are the better prepared to understand the deepest significance of the 9th principle.
The 9th principle of the 28 principles in The Urantia Book states:
48:7.11 9. Action achieves strength; moderation eventuates in charm.
Turning this Principle into a Personal "I am" Declaration
I am ever-momentarily achieving increasingly greater strength, because I am "taking action," "acting upon my light of truth," and thereby becoming moderate in all daily activities and charming in relationships with fellow children of God.
Always remember: it is not possible to grow into the "living spiritual value" contained within an intellectual principle typed onto a page; you must "internalize" the principle by converting it into a personal "I am" declaration of the person you desire to become.
"Inaction" versus "Action"
The whole of hue-man existence is made up of juxtaposed "choice-decisions." By the most important of these decisions, we...
choose-decide whether to align our will with the will of our Paradise Father or go it our own way.
choose-decide whether to treat our bodies as a "sacred temple" or as a "garbage dump." Do you "live to eat," or "eat to live?"
choose-decide whether to be "sincere" or "insincere" in any given set of circumstances and in any relationship involving a given set of circumstances.
choose-decide whether to engage in decision-making -- using this gift of personal power to effect changes for the "higher good." Thus, investing in oneself and contributing moral energy to the indwelling Thought Adjuster in soul-evolution, or choose-decide to give away our personal power of free will choosing to others, who readily take our power and use it to "decide for us," almost always ending in tyrannical mind-control.
39:4.14 The keys of the kingdom of heaven are: sincerity, more sincerity, and more sincerity. All men have these keys. Men use them—advance in spirit status—by decisions, by more decisions, and by more decisions. The highest moral choice is the choice of the highest possible value, and always—in any sphere, in all of them—this is to choose to do the will of God. If man thus chooses, he is great, though he be the humblest citizen of Jerusem or even the least of mortals on Urantia.
To "act upon one's light of truth" "achieves strength," "achieves greatness," "achieves true character" manifesting in a life of loving service to fellow children of God.
"Moderation" versus "Excess" Eventuating in a Charming Personality Manifest in "True Character"
"Excessive indulgence" in anything pertaining to hue-man 
experience almost always results in an imbalance both neurologically and chemically.
Understand clearly that in striving for the achievement of the great goal of hue-man attainment to the "mind of perfect poise," one must learn and practice moderation in all areas of one's daily habits of living.
Otherwise, when you are not striving for "inner balance," you will always tend to excess, "overindulgence" in one or more areas of your life, which create and sustain "character deficiencies," and "neurological instabilities and chemical imbalances."
"Acting upon one's inner light of truth" indeed achieves "strength of character," "true character." Learning and practicing moderation in the daily striving for the achievement of the attainment to inner balance--inner peace and inner joy, expressing outwardly in a life of loving service to one's fellow children of God does indeed lead to the development of a charmingly attractive true character manifestation of personality.
The 9th of the 28 principles in The Urantia Book is about "self-correction", the personality-choosing to ever self-correct to the true course of "acting upon one's own inner light of truth."
Pray for More Self-Mastery
Trust is the crucial test of will creatures. Trustworthiness is the true measure of self-mastery, character. ~ The Urantia Book, (28:6.13)
Circle Attainment and Self-Mastery
In the ministry to so-called normal beings, seraphic assignments are made in accordance with the human attainment of the circles of intellectuality and spirituality. You start out in your mind of mortal investment in the seventh circle and journey inward in the task of self-understanding, self-conquest, and self-mastery; and circle by circle you advance until (if natural death does not terminate your career and transfer your struggles to the mansion worlds) you reach the first or inner circle of relative contact and communion with the indwelling Adjuster. ~ The Urantia Book, (113:1.6)
The 9th of the 28 principles in The Urantia Book correlates to the individual child of God vibrationally responding to the marshalling impulse of the third (3rd) Adjutant Mind spirit of Courage. The 9th principle is the first of the principles 9 through 12, which are the generalized requirements to experientially master the fifth (5th) psychic circle of experiential spiritual courage, also corresponding to the 3rd planetary age and the 3rd Mansion Training World educational and socialization equivalency requirements.
Note: Any of the first nine principles representing the generalized requirements for the mastery of the seventh and sixth psychic circles of experiential spiritual intuition and experiential spiritual understanding, which were not mastered (after entrance in the 5th psychic circle) are carried over into the fifth for further experiential acquirement.
The Great Goal of Hue-man Attainment
- I am the mind of perfect poise.
- I am housed in a body of clean habits, and clear and pure thinking.
- I am stabilized in neural energies.
- I am balanced in chemical function.
- I am ever-momentarily transferring all mortal experiential meanings and values into the unifying whole.
- I am ever-momentarily unifying the physical, mental, and spiritual powers with the "I am that I am" personality.
- I am ever-momentarily giving you, my indwelling divine partner and Thought Controller, my most honest, sincere, and dedicated cooperation in attaining to "supremacy of spirit domination over mind and matter."
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Supplemental Reading
- What are the four cosmic dimensions of personality unification?
1. Body 1. self-correction
2. Mind 2. self-discipline / self-control
3. Soul 3. self-direction to spirit-leading,
4. Spirit 4. self-mastery
Personality unity self-realizes supremacy of spirit domination over mind and matter.
What is your definition of religion?
How do you define 'your religion?'
How do you keep your religion...pure...?
Personal religion must be kept uncontaminated by:
1. maintaining a self-corrective philosophy of daily living.
2. maintaining non-involvement and impartiality with regard to all social, economic, and political alliances.
3. seeking out and maintaining creative, comforting, and love-expanding relations with one's fellow beings.
4. enhancing personal progress of spiritual insight and the appreciation of cosmic values.
5. prevention of fanaticism by the compensations of the scientific mental attitude.
What is a character deficiency?
What is self-correction of a character-deficiency?
What are the steps involved in correcting one's own character-deficiencies?
What replaces a character-deficiency?
Does a character-deficiency automatically disappear when one is exercising self-correction, self-control and self-direction?
1. Self-correction.
99:3.7 The great weakness of all this unrecognized and unconscious type of religious activity is that it is unable to profit from open religious criticism and thereby attain to profitable levels of self-correction. It is a fact that religion does not grow unless it is disciplined by constructive criticism, amplified by philosophy, purified by science, and nourished by loyal fellowship.
2. Self-control.
54:1.6 True liberty is the associate of genuine self-respect; false liberty is the consort of self-admiration. True liberty is the fruit of self-control; false liberty, the assumption of self-assertion. Self-control leads to altruistic service; self-admiration tends towards the exploitation of others for the selfish aggrandizement of such a mistaken individual as is willing to sacrifice righteous attainment for the sake of possessing unjust power over his fellow beings.
3. Self-direction.
36:5.8. 3. The spirit of courage—the fidelity endowment—in personal beings, the basis of character acquirement and the intellectual root of moral stamina and spiritual bravery. When enlightened by facts and inspired by truth, this becomes the secret of the urge of evolutionary ascension by the channels of intelligent and conscientious self-direction.
4. Supremacy of spirit domination over mind and matter.
109:3.2 ...comparatively few will elect to ascend the moral heights beyond the hills of self-mastery and character acquirement to attain the higher levels of emerging spirituality.
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