LESSON 9: Physical death — Our First Graduation
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7 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.
AsThe Phenomenon of Death
Concerning personality survival, there are really three kinds of death:
Spiritual or Soul Death is when man has finally rejected survival which is final.
Intellectual (mind) Death is whenever the essential mind circuits of human will-action have been destroyed even though there is continuing function of the living mechanism of the physical body.
Physical (body and mind) Death is when the material body returns to the elemental world from where it was derived. However, two non-material factors of surviving personality persist:
the casepre-existent Thought Adjuster, with the coveragememory transcription of the mortal career, and
the immortal morontia soul of the deceased human in the custody of the seraphic destiny guardian. It is the
reunion of the Adjuster and the soul that reassembles the surviving personality. (112:3.2-5) — the morontia
self — the immortal soul.
Survival choice is indomitable.
“Eternal survival of personality is wholly dependent on the choosing of the mortal mind, whose decisions determine the survival potential of the immortal soul. When the mind believes God and the soul knows God, and when, with the fostering Adjuster, they all desire God, then is survival assured. Limitations of intellect, curtailment of education, deprivation of culture, impoverishment of social status, even inferiority of the human
standards of morality resulting from the unfortunate lack of educational, cultural, and social advantages, cannot invalidate the presence of the divine spirit in such unfortunate and humanly handicapped but believing
individuals. The indwelling of the Mystery Monitor constitutes the inception and insures the possibility of the potential of growth and survival of the immortal soul.” Urantia Book 5:5.13
DEATH AND RESURRECTION
The nature of physical death and the resurrection inbeing LESSONwhat 6,they are; something that can only be truly known by those who have experienced it, presents a dilemma of sorts for this lesson. No one alive today is qualified to speak authoritatively about either death or resurrection. We can only attempt to breach this hurdle by offering this synopsys from the realityUrantia of the subject of this lesson is somethingBook, which cannot be experienced first hand by anyone of us who are still living and breathing, and so we must turnclaims to purehave revelationauthoritative once again to gain any insights into these fascinating distant worlds that await our arrival.
THE MANSION WORLDS1. Deficiency ministry of first mansion world.“Almost the entire experience of mansion world number one pertains to deficiency ministry, Survivors arriving on this first of the detention spheres present so many and such varied defects of creature character and deficiencies of mortal experience that the major activities of the realm are occupied with the correction and cureknowledge of these manifoldtwo legaciesprocesses.
1. theSpirit lifereturns to God who gave it.
“When you are through down here, when your course has been run in temporary form on earth, when your trial trip in the flesh is finished, when the dust that composes the mortal tabernacle ‘returns to the earth whence it came’; then, it is revealed, the indwelling ‘Spirit shall return to God who gave it.’ There sojourns within each moral being of this planet a fragment of God, a part and parcel of divinity. It is not yet yours by right of possession, but it is designedly intended to be one with you if you survive the mortal existence.” 1:4.3 Eccl 12:7.
2. Relation of Adjusters to death.
“Subsequent to physical death, except in individuals translated from among the living, the released Adjuster goes immediately to the home sphere of Divinington. The details of what transpires on that world during the time of awaiting the factual reappearance of the surviving mortal depend chiefly on whether the human being ascends to the mansion worlds in his own individual right or awaits a dispensational summoning of the sleeping survivors of a planetary age.” 112:4.3
3. Survival without delay.
“If the human individual survives without delay, the Adjuster, so I am instructed, registers at Divinington, proceeds to the Paradise presence of the Universal Father, returns immediately and is embraced by the Personalized Adjusters of the superuniverse and local universe of assignment, receives the recognition of the chief Personalized Monitor of Divinington, and then, at once, passes into the ‘realization of identity transition,’ being summoned therefrom on the materialthird evolutionaryperiod and on the mansion world in the actual personality form made ready for the reception of the surviving soul of the earth mortal as that form has been projected by the guardian of destiny.” 112:4.13
4. The mansonia resurrection halls.
“From the Temple of New Life there extend seven radial wings, the resurrection halls of the mortal races. Each of these structures is devoted to the assembly of one of the seven races of time. There are one hundred thousand personal resurrection chambers in each of these seven wings terminating in the circular class assembly halls, which serve as the awakening chambers for as many as one million individuals. There halls are surrounded by the personality assembly chambers of the blended races of the normal post-Adamic worlds. Regardless of the technique which may be employed on the individual worlds of time andin space.”connection 47:3.82.with Lifespecial continuationor ondispensational mansion worlds.“Onresurrections, the mansionreal worldsand conscious reassembly of actual and complete personality takes place in the resurrectedresurrection mortalhalls survivorsof resumemansonia theirnumber livesone. justThroughout whereall they left off when overtaken by death. When you go from Urantia to the first mansion world,eternity you will noticerecall considerablethe change,profound butmemory if you had come from a more normal and progressive sphereimpressions of time,your youfirst wouldwitnessing hardlyof noticethese resurrection mornings.” 47:3.5
5. The reconstruction of survivors.
“During the difference except for the fact that you were in possessiontransit of asurviving differentmortals body; the tabernacle of flesh and blood has been left behind onfrom the world of nativity.” 47:3.13. Must make up our earth failures.“Those things which you might have learned on earth, but which you failed to learn, must be acquired under the tutelage of these faithful and patient teachers. There are no royal roads, short cuts, or easy paths to Paradise. Irrespective of the individual variations of the route, you master the lessons of one sphere before you proceed to another; at least this is true after you once leave the world of your nativity.” 48:5.74. Cosmic awakening on mansion worlds.“A real birth of cosmic consciousness takes place on mansonia number five. You are becoming universe minded. This is indeed a time of expanding horizons. It is beginning to dawn upon the enlarging minds of the ascending mortals that some stupendous and magnificent, some supernal and divine, destiny awaits all who complete the progressive Paradise ascension, which has been so laboriously but so joyfully and auspiciously begun. At about this point the average mortal ascender begins to manifest bona fide experiential enthusiasm for the Havona ascent. Study is becoming voluntary, unselfish service natural, and worship spontaneous. A real morontia character is budding; a real morontia creature is evolving.” 47:7.55. Confirmation of Adjuster fusion.“The union of the evolving immortal soul with the eternal and divine Adjuster is signalized by the seraphic summoning of the supervising super-angel for resurrected survivors and of the archangel of record for thosegoing to judgment on the third day; and then, in the presence of such a survivor’s morontia associates, these messengers of confirmation speak: ‘This is a beloved son in whom I am well pleased.’ This simple ceremonymarks the entrance of an ascending mortal upon the eternal career of Paradise service.“Immediately upon the confirmation of Adjuster fusion the new morontia being is introduced to his fellows for the first time by his new name and is granted the forty days of spiritual retirement from all routine activitieswherein to commune with himself and to choose some one of the optional routes to Havona and to select from the differential techniques of Paradise attainment.” 47:8.4, Rev 2:17; 3:12; 14:1.6. Is there a second probation?“If ever there is doubt as to the advisability of advancing a human identityorigin to the mansion worlds, thewhether universethey governmentsexperience invariablypersonality rulereassembly inon the personalthird interestsperiod ofor thatascend individual; they unhesitatingly advance such a soul toat the statustime of a transitionalgroup being, while they continue their observations ofresurrection, the emerging morontia intent and spiritual purpose. Thus divine justice is certain of achievement, and divine mercy is accorded further opportunity for extending its ministry.“The governments of Orvonton and Nebadon do not claim absolute perfection for the detail working of the universal plan of mortal repersonalization, but they do claim to, and actually do, manifest patience, tolerance, understanding, and merciful sympathy. We had rather assume the risk of a system rebellion than to court the hazard of depriving one struggling mortal from any evolutionary world of the eternal joy of pursuing the ascending career.“This does not mean that human beings are to enjoy a second opportunity in the face of the rejection of a first, not at all. But it does signify that all will creatures are to experience one true opportunity to make one undoubted, self-conscious, and final choice. The sovereign Judges of the universes will not deprive any beingrecord of personality statusconstitution whois hasfaithfully notpreserved finally and fully madeby the eternal choice; the soul of man must and will be given full and ample opportunity to reveal its true intent and real purpose.” 112:5.7
Parental experience is required of all ascenders.“On the seven mansion worlds ascending mortals are afforded ample opportunities for compensating any and all experiential deprivations sufferedarchangels on their worlds of origin,special whetheractivities. dueThese tobeings inheritance,are environment,not orthe unfortunatecustodians prematureof terminationpersonality (as the guardian seraphim are of the careersoul), but it is nonetheless true that every identifiable factor of personality is effectually safeguarded in the flesh.custody Thisof these dependable trustees of mortal survival. As to the exact whereabouts of mortal personality during the time intervening between death and survival, we do not know.
“The situation which makes repersonalization possible is inbrought every sense true exceptabout in the mortalresurrection sexhalls lifeof the morontia receiving planets of a local universe. Here in these life-assembly chambers the supervising authorities provide that relationship of universe energy — morontial, mindal, and itsspiritual attendant— adjustments.which Thousandsmakes possible the reconsciousizing of mortalsthe reachsleeping survivor. The reassembly of the mansionconstituent worldsparts withoutof havinga benefitedonetime particularlymaterial frompersonality involves:
“1. The fabrication of a suitable form, a morontia energy pattern, in which the disciplinesnew derivedsurvivor fromcan fairlymake averagecontact sexwith relationsnonspiritual onreality, theirand nativewithin spheres.which the morontia variant of the cosmic mind can be encircuited.
“2. The mansionreturn worldof experiencethe canAdjuster provideto littlethe opportunitywaiting morontia creature. The Adjuster is the eternal custodian of your ascending identity; your Monitor is the absolute assurance that you yourself and not another will occupy the morontia form created for compensatingyour personality awakening. And the Adjuster will be present at your personality reassembly to take up once more the role of Paradise guide to your surviving self.
“3. When these veryprerequisites personalof deprivations.repersonalization Sexhave experiencebeen assembled, the seraphic custodian of the potentialities of the slumbering immortal soul, with the assistance of numerous cosmic personalities, bestows this morontia entity upon and in athe physicalawaiting sensemorontia ismind-body pastform forwhile thesecommitting ascenders,this butevolutionary inchild closeof the Supreme to eternal association with the Materialwaiting SonsAdjuster. And this completes the repersonalization,
reassembly of memory, insight, and Daughters,consciousness — identity.” 112:5.15
Resurrection launches us on morontia career.
“Mortal death is a technique of escape from the material life in the flesh; and the mansonia experience of progressive life through seven worlds of corrective training and cultural education represents the introduction of mortal survivors to the morontia career, the transition life which intervenes between the evolutionary material existence and the higher spirit attainment of the ascenders of time who are destined to achieve the
portals of eternity.” 47:10.7
The survival of young children.
“Children who die when too young to have Thought Adjusters are repersonalized on the finaliter world of the local systems concomitant with the arrival of either parent on the mansion worlds. A child acquires physical
entity at mortal birth, but in the matter of survival all Adjusterless children are reckoned as still attached to their parents. “In due course Thought Adjusters come to indwell these little ones, while the seraphic ministry to both individuallygroups andof asthe membersprobationary-dependent orders of survival is in general similar to that of the more advanced parent or is equivalent to that of the parent in case only one survives. Those attaining the third circle, regardless of the status of their families, these sex-deficient mortalsparents, are enabledaccorded topersonal compensateguardians. the social, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual aspects of their deficiency. Thus are all those humans whom circumstances or bad judgment deprived of the benefits of advantageous sex association on the evolutionary worlds, here on the system capitals afforded full opportunity to acquire these essential mortal experiences in close and loving association with the supernal Adamic sex creatures of permanent residence on the system capitals.“No surviving mortal, midwayer, or seraphim may ascend to Paradise, attain the Father, and be mustered into the Corps of the Finality without having passed through that sublime experience of achieving parentalrelationship to an evolving child of the worlds or some other experience analogous and equivalent thereto. The relationship of child and parent is fundamental to the essential concept of the Universal Father and his universe children. Therefore does such an experience become indispensable to the experiential training of all ascenders.“The ascending midway creatures and the evolutionary seraphim must pass through this parenthood experience in association with the Material Sons and Daughters of the system headquarters. Thus do suchnonreproducing ascenders obtain the experience of parenthood by assisting the Jerusem Adams and Eves in rearing and training their progeny.“All mortal survivors who have not experienced parenthood on the evolutionary worlds must also obtain this necessary training while sojourning in the homes of the Jerusem Material Sons and as parental associates of these superb fathers and mothers. This is true except in so far as such mortals have been able to compensate their deficiencies on the system nursery located on the first transitional-culture world of Jerusem.” 45:49:6.3
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SPIRIT PLAY AND RECREATION1. All ascenders continue to play.“The principles of Urantian play life are philosophically sound and continue to apply on up through your ascending life, through the circuits of Havona to the eternal shores of Paradise. As ascendant beings you are inpossession of personal memories of all former and lower existences, and without such identity memories of the past there would be no basis for the humor of the present, either mortal laughter or morontia mirth. It is thisrecalling of past experiences that provides the basis for present diversion and amusement. And so you will enjoy the celestial equivalents of your earthly humor all the way up through your long morontia, and thenincreasingly spiritual, careers. And that part of God (the Adjuster) which becomes an eternal part of the personality of an ascendant mortal contributes the overtones of divinity to the joyous expressions, evenspiritual laughter, of the ascending creatures of time and space.” 48:4.202. The manifold functions of humor.“Humor should function as an automatic safety valve to prevent the building up of excessive pressures due to the monotony of sustained and serious self-contemplation in association with the intense struggle for developmental progress and noble achievement. Humor also functions to lessen the shock of the unexpected impact of fact or of truth, rigid unyielding fact and flexible ever-living truth. The mortal personality, neversure as to which will next be encountered, through humor swiftly grasps — sees the point and achieves insight — the unexpected nature of the situation be it fact or be it truth.” 48:4.183. Those who most need relaxation.“The need for the relaxation and diversion of humor is greatest in those orders of ascendant beings who are subjected to sustained stress in their upward struggles. The two extremes of life have little need for humorousdiversions. Primitive men have no capacity therefor, and beings of Paradise perfection have no need thereof. The hosts of Havona are naturally a joyous and exhilarating assemblage of supremely happy personalities. OnParadise the quality of worship obviates the necessity for reversion activities. But among those who start their careers far below the goal of Paradise perfection, there is a large place for the ministry of the reversion directors.” 48:4.164. Increased spirituality lessens need for diversion.“The higher the mortal species, the greater the stress and the greater the capacity for humor as well as the necessity for it. In the spirit world the opposite is true: The higher we ascend, the less the need for the diversions of reversion experiences. But proceeding down the scale of spirit life from Paradise to the seraphic hosts, there is an increasing need for the mission of mirth and the ministry of merriment. Those beings who most need the refreshment of periodic reversion to the intellectual status of previous experiences are the higher types of the human species, the morontians, angels, and the Material Sons, together with all similar types of personality.” 48:4.17
