19 - The 19th of the 28 Principles in The Urantia Book
the 19th of the 28 principles in the urantia book
The 19th of the
28 Principles in The Urantia Book
The Great Question Number Five
5. Is the love of truth and the willingness to go wherever it leads, desirable? Then must man grow up in a world where error is present and falsehood always possible.
5. Is the love of truth and the willingness to go wherever it leads, desirable? Then must man grow up in a world where error is present and falsehood always possible.
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.
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"
It is accurate to say that "understanding" the 28 principles of "high mortal philosophy" found in Paper 48, The Morontia Life required the asking of many questions and not a small amount of meditative thinking on them.
Impatience vs. Patience
A World Overflowing with Fear, Anxiety and Disappointments
- Why do all "deficiencies of character" grow out of fear?
- Are you filled to overflowing with anxiety?
- Are you full of disappointments over the life you have lived?
- Are you anxious and disappointed every time you don't get what you want -- when things don't go your way?
- Are you anxious and disappointed over the material things you don't have the money to buy?
- Are you anxious over credit card debt?
- Are you anxious over your health and the health of family and friends?
- Are you worried about the future?
There are two of these thirty passages which are strikingly noteworthy to include here:
131:7.3 “'Every time man yields to anxiety, he takes one step away from the leading of the spirit of his heart.' Pride obscures God. If you would obtain heavenly help, put away your pride; every hair of pride shuts off saving light, as it were, by a great cloud. If you are not right on the inside, it is useless to pray for that which is on the outside. 'If I hear your prayers, it is because you come before me with a clean heart, free from falsehood and hypocrisy, with a soul which reflects truth like a mirror. If you would gain immortality, forsake the world and come to me.'”
The first line of this passage does not go far enough. I declare that in the state of anxiety, as well as in the embrace of every "character deficiency," you have separated yourself from Father's indwelling divine spirit-presence--The Thought Adjuster.
Come before me with a clean heart echoes the Great Goal of Hue-man Existence.
It is to the mind of perfect poise, housed in a body of clean habits, stabilized neural energies, and balanced chemical function.
And "pride" in relation to "anxiety" always brings up the question...
- Are you too proud (belligerent self-assertion of the hue-man will) to humbly--sincerely and honestly ask to be led by your indwelling Thought Adjuster--the voice and will of our Paradise Father within you?
9:5.7 Too often, all too often, you mar your minds by insincerity and sear them with unrighteousness; you subject them to animal fear and distort them by useless anxiety. Therefore, though the source of mind is divine, mind as you know it on your world of ascension can hardly become the object of great admiration, much less of adoration or worship. The contemplation of the immature and inactive human intellect should lead only to reactions of humility.
From this passage we understand insincerity as "marring the mind." What does "mar mean?" To "mar" means to "impair the appearance of; disfigure." Synonyms for mar are:
impair
disfigure flaw scar mutilate deface deform damage wreck harm hurt tarnish pollute
- And what "mars" the mind? --insincerity.
- What does "sear the mind with unrighteousness" mean?
With these meanings in mind, we are ready to introduce the 19th of the 28 principles in The Urantia Book.
48:7.21 19. Anxiety must be abandoned. The disappointments hardest to bear are those which never come.
Turning this Principle into a Personal "I am" Declaration
I am free of all anxiety and disappointments.
I am free of all anxiety and disappointments.
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.
We've covered the first sentence in this principle, regarding "anxiety." The injunction in this principle is crystal clear; "anxiety" MUST be ABANDONED!
But what about the second part of this principle -- "the disappointments hardest to bear are those which never come?"
- What does "hardest to bear...which never come" mean?
- Have you ever watched a family member or friend worry himself or herself into such a "high anxiety" state over everything, leading to "deep disappointments"...he or she manifested an illness which led to an early transitioning off the planet?
I have, not once, but many times, over the decades of my experience. Our lives are filled with endless examples of what "high anxiety" leading to "deep disappointments" does to the mind, and subsequently, manifesting in ill health--deteriorating health, from which, more often than not, there is no recovery.
But to wake up each day and assert that you are free from all anxiety and disappoint by simply saying "I am free from all anxiety and disappointments."
- Who does this?
- Who ever makes he small effort to declare one's truer character in the place of "character deficiencies?"
The child of God, who is of true character, is the freest person on Urantia.
The 19th principle is about self-direction back to the indwelling Thought Adjuster for spiritual guidance and leading into truer character. And it takes experiential spiritual courage to self-correct, self-discipline and exercise self-control, and ever-momentarily self-direct back to alignment with Father's will, by giving our most honestly sincere cooperation to the spirit-leading of the indwelling divine spirit--the Thought Adjuster.
The 19th of the 28 principles in The Urantia Book correlates to the individual child of God vibrationally responding to the marshalling impulse of the fifth (5th) Adjutant Mind spirit of Counsel. The 19th principle is the second (3rd) of the set of principles 17 through 20, which are the generalized requirements to experientially master the third (3rd) psychic circle of experiential spiritual fraternalhood, also corresponding to the fifth (5th) planetary age and the third (3rd) Mansion Training World educational and socialization equivalency requirements.
Note: Any of the first sixteen (16) principles representing the generalized requirements for the mastery of the seventh, six, fifth and fourth psychic circles of experiential spiritual intuition, experiential spiritual understanding, experiential spiritual courage, and experiential spiritual knowledge, which were not mastered (after entrance in the third (3rd) psychic circle) will be carried over into the third 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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