MidiChlorian wrote:
Bradly wrote: This is why I am baffled by any student of the Papers who remains skeptical of our safe keeping in this friendly universe or fears for our planet’s destiny or the absolute fairness inherent in the applications of mercy and judgement. For mercy is endless, or nearly so, and judgement is but a function of personal free will and conscious rejection of reality….love and mercy must be rejected. Forgiveness is not extended, it exists universally as a function of personal repentance, simply that personal desire to find God and become more and more like Him.
I am having difficulty understanding your true meaning as stated above, Bradly? Forgiveness, is the acceptance of love and mercy, by the sinner who repents of their transgressions and continues to use their free will to sine no more. Knowing that one is a sinner, without presenting a personal repentance of one’s sins to those who they sinned against, will not have a chance to be forgiven by the victims who were the receivers of the sins. Rejecting mercy, is the rejecting of repentance by the wrongdoer, which implies the conscious rejection of the reality of wrongdoing and the action and choosing to sin no more.
Forgiveness is always extended as a function of mercy whether sought or requested, but yes indeed…it must be accepted to be realized. The rejection of mercy is also the rejection of reality and love itself. Forgiveness by our victims is desirable for the benefit of the victims as we are taught that we are forgiven AS we forgive others….God’s forgiveness is all that is required for oneself. Self erasure is described as cosmic suicide here:
Thanks for attempting to answer my difficulty of understanding your statement Bradly, however I’m not sure if it really answers my query? In your response above, which I have have bolded, it would seem that it should be reversed in that “mercy,” whether sought for or requested, is a function of “forgiveness”, not the other way around. One can forgive another for wrongdoing or an act against them, but mercy, is a function of judgment against a transgressor or transgression, of the wrongdoer or wrongdoing. Forgiveness of a wrongdoer, implies that the function of judgement by the receiver of wrongdoing is no longer sought for, and that this judgment has been passed onto the Ancient of Days for execution.
Nevertheless, the UB narration that you presented does not really explain your previous statement, in that they were in reference to the “Supreme” and in this section of the UB, it seems to answer my question as to where individuals seem to come from at the time of creature birth. It has been indicated that upon non-survival of a person, that that which is of value is passed on to the oversoul of creation, there to be used for the penalization [was originally] personalization [have no idea how this got changed] of another unique creature. Thereby, being a source or well for future souls in the making.
(1283.6) 117:4.4 The human personality can truly destroy individuality of creaturehood, and though all that was worth while in the life of such a cosmic suicide will persist, these qualities will not persist as an individual creature. The Supreme will again find expression in the creatures of the universes but never again as that particular person; the unique personality of a nonascender returns to the Supreme as a drop of water returns to the sea.
The reference to “cosmic suicide” is directed to being the “cosmic oversoul of the grand universe”, the place where the non-surviving soul patterns would be collected within the “Supreme” for amalgamation into another creature, and the “suicide” aspect of this is only the free-willful decision of the person to not choose survival. It has little to do with “forgiveness” but does indicate the function of “mercy”.
(1284.2) 117:4.6 And so, as we strive for self-expression, the Supreme is striving in us, and with us, for deity expression. As we find the Father, so has the Supreme again found the Paradise Creator of all things. As we master the problems of self-realization, so is the God of experience achieving almighty supremacy in the universes of time and space.
(1284.3) 117:4.7 Mankind does not ascend effortlessly in the universe, neither does the Supreme evolve without purposeful and intelligent action. Creatures do not attain perfection by mere passivity, nor can the spirit of Supremacy factualize the power of the Almighty without unceasing service ministry to the finite creation.
(1284.4) 117:4.8 The temporal relation of man to the Supreme is the foundation for cosmic morality, the universal sensitivity to, and acceptance of, duty. This is a morality which transcends the temporal sense of relative right and wrong; it is a morality directly predicated on the self-conscious creature’s appreciation of experiential obligation to experiential Deity. Mortal man and all other finite creatures are created out of the living potential of energy, mind, and spirit existent in the Supreme. It is upon the Supreme that the Adjuster-mortal ascender draws for the creation of the immortal and divine character of a finaliter. It is out of the very reality of the Supreme that the Adjuster, with the consent of the human will, weaves the patterns of the eternal nature of an ascending son of God.
So in a sense of a relation to time, or “temporal relation”, or over time, those souls that have not chosen survival, or that which is of value from the soul, are reused in hopes of creating a creature who’s “patterns of the eternal nature” can again be tested to become “an ascending son of God.” This does not resolve the issue of reincarnation, as assumed by some, but more so of re-creation of a potential soul.
The reference to “self-realization” is the reference of understanding the “reality” of oneself, and has little to do with the general reference to “material reality”, although our environment does play a part as related to experience.
(1284.6) 117:4.10 The great challenge that has been given to mortal man is this: Will you decide to personalize the experiencible value meanings of the cosmos into your own evolving selfhood? or by rejecting survival, will you allow these secrets of Supremacy to lie dormant, awaiting the action of another creature at some other time who will in his way attempt a creature contribution to the evolution of the finite God? But that will be his contribution to the Supreme, not yours.
(1284.7) 117:4.11 The great struggle of this universe age is between the potential and the actual — the seeking for actualization by all that is as yet unexpressed [“Intimation; a hint or suggestion; (rare) an announcement or notice”]. If mortal man proceeds upon the Paradise adventure, he is following the motions of time, which flow as currents within the stream of eternity; if mortal man rejects the eternal career, he is moving counter to the stream of events in the finite universes. The mechanical creation moves on inexorably [“not able to be moved by entreaty or persuasion”] in accordance with the unfolding purpose of the Paradise Father, but the volitional [“(philosophy) an act of will as distinguished from the physical movement it intends to bring about”] creation has the choice of accepting or of rejecting the role of personality participation in the adventure of eternity [“(theol.) the condition of timeless existence, believed by some to characterize the afterlife”]. Mortal man cannot destroy the supreme values of human existence, but he can very definitely prevent the evolution of these values in his own personal experience. To the extent that the human self thus refuses to take part in the Paradise ascent, to just that extent is the Supreme delayed in achieving divinity expression in the grand universe.
