nelsong wrote: Interesting they put it as ‘grasping the reality’ however.
Yeah, that is interesting, especially since it is so easy for us to grasp the reality of the personality of the son of the Eternal Son and Universal Father, who is none other than Jesus and his Spirit of Truth. I suppose they are referring to the unique personality of the Eternal Son and his spirit-gravity. We grasp, or gravitate to, the Universal Father’s personality through his personality circuit, made possible by the Thought Adjuster, whereas the Eternal Son’s personality has no other access except through the Creator Sons. The spirit-gravity circuit is for spirit, not personality. So, the Father draws us through his personality and the Son through his spirit. Somehow, somewhere, the two (personality and spirit) have to cohere. Being “isolated” beings, he who indwells the mind must have a greater influence . . . that’s my guess, anyways. The Creator Sons don’t indwell; but when they become sovereign, they do have the capacity to influence the mind through the Spirit of Truth.
2:7.7 The eternal quest is for unification, for divine coherence. The far-flung physical universe coheres in the Isle of Paradise; the intellectual universe coheres in the God of mind, the Conjoint Actor; the spiritual universe is coherent in the personality of the Eternal Son. But the isolated mortal of time and space coheres in God the Father through the direct relationship between the indwelling Thought Adjuster and the Universal Father. Man’s Adjuster is a fragment of God and everlastingly seeks for divine unification; it coheres with, and in, the Paradise Deity of the First Source and Center.
Then again, as ascending sons, we supposedly attain recognition of the personality of the Eternal Son before recognizing the personality of the Universal Father. The source and center of the spirit-gravity circuit, the Eternal Son, is recognized before the source and center of the personality circuit, despite the fact that we have direct access to it.
14:5.4 When intelligent beings first attain the central universe, they are received and domiciled on the pilot world of the seventh Havona circuit. As the new arrivals progress spiritually, attain identity comprehension of their superuniverse Master Spirit, they are transferred to the sixth circle. (It is from these arrangements in the central universe that the circles of progress in the human mind have been designated.) After ascenders have attained a realization of Supremacy and are thereby prepared for the Deity adventure, they are taken to the fifth circuit; and after attaining the Infinite Spirit, they are transferred to the fourth. Following the attainment of the Eternal Son, they are removed to the third; and when they have recognized the Universal Father, they go to sojourn on the second circuit of worlds, where they become more familiar with the Paradise hosts. Arrival on the first circuit of Havona signifies the acceptance of the candidates of time into the service of Paradise. Indefinitely, according to the length and nature of the creature ascension, they will tarry on the inner circuit of progressive spiritual attainment. From this inner circuit the ascending pilgrims pass inward to Paradise residence and admission to the Corps of the Finality.
It makes sense intellectually, but one has to wonder at the fact that the Eternal Son’s personality, who is revealed only through his Sons, comes first and the Father, who has direct access, personality to personality, must wait until we recognize the Eternal Son’s personality. The Father being the source of personality maintains that prerogative, I suppose. Although the Father is the secret of personality reality and the destiny for personality, the Eternal Son is the absolute personality. What do you suppose the difference is between the personality of the Universal Father and the personality of the Eternal Son that makes it imperative that he be recognized and known first? I think the following quote explains it:
7:7.2 The character of God could not possibly be intrinsically improved upon in the person of the Son, for the divine Father is infinitely perfect, but that character and personality are amplified, by divestment of the nonpersonal and nonspiritual, for revelation to creature beings. The First Source and Center is much more than a personality, but all of the spirit qualities of the father personality of the First Source and Center are spiritually present in the absolute personality of the Eternal Son.
The personality of the Father is amplified in the Son because it is divested of all that is nonpersonal. I think this heightens our ability to perceive Spirit personality prior to recognizing the full monty present in the Universal Father. I find the order here interesting, first recognition involves mind-gravity, second involves spirit-gravity and finally we arrive at our destiny by personality-gravity. Lots to think about here.
