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TRUTH, BEAUTY & GOODNESS CALENDAR

632 posts · 2 participants · started Jul 16, 2014, 11:31 AM

Richard E WarrenParticipant
Mar 31, 2015, 9:50 AM
March 31

…Universal beauty embraces the harmonious relations and rhythms of the cosmic creation; this is more distinctly the intellectual appeal and leads towards unified and synchronous comprehension of the material universe…. (646:10) 56:10.9

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…The Father enjoys the Havona reciprocation of the divine beauty. It satisfies the divine mind to afford a perfect pattern of exquisite harmony for all evolving universes…. (160:9) 14:5.8

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 1, 2015, 9:25 AM
April 1

…Divine goodness represents the revelation of infinite values to the finite mind, therein to be perceived and elevated to the very threshold of the spiritual level of human comprehension…. (647:1) 56:10.10

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…Socrates and his successors, Plato and Aristotle, taught that virtue is knowledge; goodness, health of the soul…. (1079:3) 98:2.6

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 2, 2015, 8:43 AM
April 2

…Truth is the basis of science and philosophy, presenting the intellectual foundation of religion…. (647:1) 56:10.10

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…True religion does not belittle man’s efforts to progress during the mortal lease on life…. (1134:5) 103:5.7

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 3, 2015, 9:55 AM
April 3

…Goodness embraces the sense of ethics, morality, and religion–experiential perfection-hunger…. (647:1) 56:10.10

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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“…Through our good thinking the wise Creator will enable us to do his will, thereby attaining the realization of all that is divinely perfect….” (1450:2) 131:5.3

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 4, 2015, 8:25 AM
April 4

…Beauty is the intellectual recognition of the harmonious time-space synthesis of the far-flung diversification of phenomenal reality, all of which stems from pre-existent and eternal oneness…. (647:2) 56:10.11

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…Beauty, rhythm, and harmony are intellectually associated and spiritually akin…. (507:3) 44:7.2

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 5, 2015, 9:21 AM
April 5

…The recognition of goodness implies a mind of moral status, a personal mind with ability to discriminate between good and evil. But the possession of goodness, greatness, is the measure of real divinity attainment…. (647:3) 56:10.12

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…Greatness cannot be estimated without knowing the content of goodness, while goodness cannot be portrayed without exhibiting its inherent and divine greatness…. (317:2) 28:6.20

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 6, 2015, 9:55 AM
April 6

…The recognition of true relations implies a mind competent to discriminate between truth and error. The bestowal Spirit of Truth which invests the human minds of Urantia is unerringly responsive to truth–the living spirit relationship of all things and all beings as they are co-ordinated in the eternal ascent Godward…. (647:4) 56:10.13

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…Love, unselfishness, must undergo a constant and living readaptative interpretation of relationships in accordance with the leading of the Spirit of Truth. Love must thereby grasp the ever-changing and enlarging concepts of the highest cosmic good of the individual who is loved…. (1950:5) 180:5.10

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 7, 2015, 9:43 AM
April 7

…Self-realization is potentially evil if it is antisocial. It is literally true: “No man lives by himself.” Cosmic socialization constitutes the highest form of personality unification. Said Jesus: “He who would be greatest among you, let him become server of all….” (647:5) 56:10.14

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…It is a severe strain on the soul to undergo the experience of an effort to serve both good and evil. The supremely happy and efficiently unified mind is the one wholly dedicated to the doing of the will of the Father in heaven…. (1480:4) 133:7.12

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 8, 2015, 9:29 AM
April 8

…Universal beauty is the recognition of the reflection of the Isle of Paradise in the material creation, while eternal truth is the special ministry of the Paradise Sons who not only bestow themselves upon the mortal races but even pour out their Spirit of Truth upon all peoples…. (647:8) 56:10.17

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

…The Creator Sons are endowed with a spirit of universe presence in many ways analogous to that of the Seven Master Spirits of Paradise. This is the Spirit of Truth which is poured out upon a world by a bestowal Son…. (377:9) 34:4.5

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 9, 2015, 10:43 AM
April 9

…Truth meanings are the mortal-intellect repercussions of the eternal word of Deity–the time-space comprehension of supreme concepts. The goodness values of divinity are the merciful ministries of the spirit personalities of the Universal, the Eternal, and the Infinite to the time-space finite creatures of the evolutionary spheres…. (647:9) 56:10.18

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…Justice is inherent in the universal sovereignty of the Paradise Trinity, but goodness, mercy, and truth are the universe ministry of the divine personalities, whose Deity union constitutes the Trinity…. (114:3) 10:6.2

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 10, 2015, 8:53 AM
April 10

…Frontier society develops the unskilled side of humanity; the fine arts and true scientific progress, together with spiritual culture, have all thrived best in the larger centers of life when supported by an agricultural and industrial population slightly under the land-man ratio. Cities always multiply the power of their inhabitants for either good or evil…. (770:2) 68:5.5

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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“…Ever remember, there is a city whose foundations are righteousness and truth, and whose builder and maker is God….” (1474:6) 133:4.6

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 11, 2015, 9:27 AM
April 11

…But such an ideal society cannot be realized when either the weak or the wicked lie in wait to take unfair and unholy advantage of those who are chiefly actuated by devotion to the service of truth, beauty, and goodness…. (804:16) 71:4.16

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…Let controversy come only when they who despise the truth force it upon you. But when the willful unbeliever attacks you, do not hesitate to stand in vigorous defense of the truth which has saved and sanctified you…. (1932:1) 178:1.16

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 12, 2015, 10:17 AM
April 12

…This worship of truth was provocative of research and fearless exploration of the laws of nature and the potentials of mankind. The Chinese of even six thousand years ago were still keen students and aggressive in their pursuit of truth…. (885:8) 79:7.11

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…Do not overlook the value of your spiritual heritage, the river of truth running down through the centuries, even to the barren times of a materialistic and secular age…. (2082:6) 195:9.1

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 13, 2015, 11:26 AM
April 13

…The great weakness of ancestor veneration is that it promotes a backward-looking philosophy. However wise it may be to glean wisdom from the past, it is folly to regard the past as the exclusive source of truth…. (888:1) 79:8.8

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…Jesus had an unerring ability for the recognition of truth, and truth he never hesitated to embrace, no matter from what source it appeared to emanate…. (1390:3) 126:3.8

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 14, 2015, 10:07 AM
April 14

…Truth is relative and expanding; it lives always in the present, achieving new expression in each generation of men–even in each human life…. (888:1) 79:8.8

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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…Truth is living; the Spirit of Truth is ever leading the children of light into new realms of spiritual reality and divine service…. (1917:3) 176:3.7

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 15, 2015, 10:35 AM
April 15

…Knowledge can be had by education, but wisdom, which is indispensable to true culture, can be secured only through experience and by men and women who are innately intelligent. Such a people are able to learn from experience; they may become truly wise…. (908:2) 81:6.13

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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“…The wise course in life is to act in consonance with the spirit of truth….” (1450:1) 131:5.2

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 16, 2015, 9:46 AM
April 16

…But even more, a true family–a good family–reveals to the parental procreators the attitude of the Creator to his children, while at the same time such true parents portray to their children the first of a long series of ascending disclosures of the love of the Paradise parent of all universe children…. (942:1) 84:7.30

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

“…I have come among you to proclaim a greater truth, one which many of the later prophets also grasped, that God loves you–every one of you–as individuals….” (1629:5) 145:2.4

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 17, 2015, 9:21 AM
April 17

…A surviving cult must symbolize that which is permanent in the presence of unceasing change; it must glorify that which unifies the stream of ever-changing social metamorphosis. It must recognize true meanings, exalt beautiful relations, and glorify the good values of real nobility…. (966:3) 87:7.8

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

…The eye of the material mind perceives a world of factual knowledge; the eye of the spiritualized intellect discerns a world of true values. These two views, synchronized and harmonized, reveal the world of reality…. (1435:2) 130:4.10

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 18, 2015, 9:26 AM
April 18

…Concerning the accumulated fetish writings which various religionists hold as sacred books, it is not only believed that what is in the book is true, but also that every truth is contained in the book. If one of these sacred books happens to speak of the earth as being flat, then, for long generations, otherwise sane men and women will refuse to accept positive evidence that the planet is round…. (969:5) 88:2.7

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

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“…The authority of truth is the very spirit that indwells its living manifestations, and not the dead words of the less illuminated and supposedly inspired men of another generation….” (1768:3) 159:4.7

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Richard E Warren
Richard E WarrenParticipant
Apr 19, 2015, 10:48 AM
April 19

…Man is gradually backing into the truth, beginning in error, progressing in error, and finally attaining the threshold of truth. Only with the arrival of the scientific method has he faced forward…. (970:10) 88:4.5

Truth, Beauty, Goodness
In
The URANTIA BOOK

Complementary Quote:

…The highest attainable philosophy of mortal man must be logically based on the reason of science, the faith of religion, and the truth insight afforded by revelation…. (1137:5) 103:6.15

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Richard E Warren

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