Welcome cazenovi !!!
You ask above, and then clarify the question:
“I seek understanding and truth regarding how I am to begin to recognize my destiny in the ascending orders of sonship, and then therefore begin my divine journey now?
My question more or less lies in recognizing the place in the orders I fit in and work in one accord my Adjuster in advance.”
Me here: The very purpose of the Urantia Book is to clarify this exact question of origin and destiny. I was thrilled to discover that material born ascenders are the most privileged (I think) of all beings in the universe of universes!! We are the only order of being that has the Father within. We climb the highest mountain of all ascenders, by starting at the lowest point relative to the highest point of Paradise itself. Only we experience every single level of existence in our sojourn to Paradise. Only we are able to “see” all reality once we attain Paradise – from the material to the morontial to the spirit, mortals attain an experience and a utility that is unique to our status as finaliters. Ours is the greatest adventure ever imagined!!
31:3.7 (348.4) 3. The glorified mortals of the Paradise Corps of Finality are ascendant beings in possession of experiential knowledge of every step of the actuality and philosophy of the fullest possible life of intelligent existence, while during the ages of this ascent from the lowest material worlds to the spiritual heights of Paradise, these surviving creatures have been trained to the limits of their capacity respecting every detail of every divine principle of the just and efficient, as well as merciful and patient, administration of all the universal creation of time and space.
31:10.20 (354.6) Evolutionary mortals are born on the planets of space, pass through the morontia worlds, ascend the spirit universes, traverse the Havona spheres, find God, attain Paradise, and are mustered into the primary Corps of the Finality, therein to await the next assignment of universe service. There are six other assembling finality corps, but Grandfanda, the first mortal ascender, presides as Paradise chief of all orders of finaliters. And as we view this sublime spectacle, we all exclaim: What a glorious destiny for the animal-origin children of time, the material sons of space!
Me here: But, you ask, what are we to do to achieve such a destiny? I once began searching for God’s will as though it was some thing or some where that I must find and do. The Papers tell us that it is not “what” we do so much as “how” we do all that we do – when we begin to make choices based on the motive and the intent to seek, know, and do God’s will sincerely with every choice, intersection of decision, and in every relationship with another person, we have begun the journey and the education that is our destiny. When we seek the will and the way of Father, then is placed upon our path all that is needed, according to our experience and wisdom, to become and do even greater things….in service to others, and to all others, and to the Kingdom itself. We begin to recognize that we are one within an entire universe family of God’s children….and we begin to act with this truth and knowledge guiding every step and choice.
We are taught that we are measured more by the direction we travel on the pilgrim’s path and far less by our speed of progress or attainment thereof. Very soon upon our sincere efforts to live in the kingdom and to serve in the kingdom, comes the fruits of the spirit – happiness, confidence, sublime peace of mind, joy, humor, soul filling light and life!! We must learn how to better respond to what happens and is encountered upon the pilgrim’s path….rather than attempt to determine what will happen or when or how. Every intersection of choice brings lessons, experience, and the opportunity for greater wisdom. What do we want and hope for? That is what leads us forward.
We are also taught that sincerity of heart does not end our confusions or frustrations as we embark upon this educational adventure. We are to learn to be confident in facing our confusions which can only be lessened by experience, wisdom, and progress in the spirit. We are to be as joyful children in endless adventure among a beloved and extended family in this friendly universe….and that is how we get to paradise….one day, one step, one lesson, one adventure at a time.
39:4.14 (435.7) 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.
Me: this one has always inspired me….and delivered much relief to all anxieties:
100:1.4 (1094.6) Children are permanently impressed only by the loyalties of their adult associates; precept or even example is not lastingly influential. Loyal persons are growing persons, and growth is an impressive and inspiring reality. Live loyally today — grow — and tomorrow will attend to itself. The quickest way for a tadpole to become a frog is to live loyally each moment as a tadpole.
100:1.5 (1094.7) The soil essential for religious growth presupposes a progressive life of self-realization, the co-ordination of natural propensities, the exercise of curiosity and the enjoyment of reasonable adventure, the experiencing of feelings of satisfaction, the functioning of the fear stimulus of attention and awareness, the wonder-lure, and a normal consciousness of smallness, humility. Growth is also predicated on the discovery of selfhood accompanied by self-criticism — conscience, for conscience is really the criticism of oneself by one’s own value-habits, personal ideals.
100:1.6 (1095.1) Religious experience is markedly influenced by physical health, inherited temperament, and social environment. But these temporal conditions do not inhibit inner spiritual progress by a soul dedicated to the doing of the will of the Father in heaven. There are present in all normal mortals certain innate drives toward growth and self-realization which function if they are not specifically inhibited. The certain technique of fostering this constitutive endowment of the potential of spiritual growth is to maintain an attitude of wholehearted devotion to supreme values.
100:1.7 (1095.2) Religion cannot be bestowed, received, loaned, learned, or lost. It is a personal experience which grows proportionally to the growing quest for final values. Cosmic growth thus attends on the accumulation of meanings and the ever-expanding elevation of values. But nobility itself is always an unconscious growth.
100:1.8 (1095.3) Religious habits of thinking and acting are contributory to the economy of spiritual growth. One can develop religious predispositions toward favorable reaction to spiritual stimuli, a sort of conditioned spiritual reflex. Habits which favor religious growth embrace cultivated sensitivity to divine values, recognition of religious living in others, reflective meditation on cosmic meanings, worshipful problem solving, sharing one’s spiritual life with one’s fellows, avoidance of selfishness, refusal to presume on divine mercy, living as in the presence of God. The factors of religious growth may be intentional, but the growth itself is unvaryingly unconscious.
Best wishes!
Bradly
"Live loyally today—grow—and tomorrow will attend to itself. The quickest way for a tadpole to become a frog is to live loyally each moment as a tadpole."