Nigel Nunn wrote: But where in this set of ministries do we find her role as mediator of those three distinct “intuitions of validity” made accessible by the cosmic mind? How would you describe the way she makes possible and accessible that “reality response” which “saves us from becoming helpless victims of the implied a priori assumptions of science, philosophy, and religion.” (191.7, 16:6.4)
Nigel, it is my understanding that these intuitions are innate in the cosmic mind. They are the very threads of the fabric of mind which, like gravity, pull reality from all three levels toward it in order that they can be understood. The adjutants minister to the material mind, and embroider their influence in such a way as to influence the direction of material reality once it is attracted to cosmic mind. The lower adjutants make mind connections which give physical reality meaning. The higher adjutants facilitate the urge to give meaning to philosophical reality and number 7 coordinates all the adjutants such that thoughts can be accessed by the Holy Spirit whose ministry facilitates the recognition of spiritual reality. I see these intuitions more as a reality attraction or magnetism already built into the substance of cosmic mind. Cosmic mind with its reality drawing power is the substructure on which all the ministries do their processing work, as they are able to make contact. There is no additional ministry for this purpose. I think if there were, it would have been mentioned, given a name, and described in TUB for our edification.
Nigel Nunn wrote: Since this insight depends on the cosmic intuitions, it would appear to be independent of adjutant ministry. And since it is intellectual (not supermindal or spiritual), it seems to be distinct from the (spiritual) ministry of the Holy Spirit. Thus my interest in teasing out her involvement in this powerful (non-spiritual) inspiration, which is accessible to each of our seven billion fellows, each of whom are more or less stuck in erroneous “frames in which to think”. (1260.2, 115:1.1)
The cosmic mind is the foundation for all mind on all levels, along with its magnetic pull on reality. The level of reality determines the level of cosmic mind and its ministry. The adjutants themselves, are part of the cosmic mind. They minister to the level of cosmic mind which functions at the material level of reality. The cosmic mind is also the basis of the supermind, a morontia level of the cosmic mind which functions at the soul level of reality. And the discovery, recognition and interpretation of all reality attracted to any mind, at any level, is a spiritual process. The adjutants are also called “spirit of”. The supermind is the Holy Spirit. Mind ministry is a spirit ministry. Even the gravitational pull the cosmic mind has on reality is a presence ministry. Gravity is a presence ministry provided by spirit.
15:9.1 The universal circuits of Paradise do actually pervade the realms of the seven superuniverses. These presence circuits are: the personality gravity of the Universal Father, the spiritual gravity of the Eternal Son, the mind gravity of the Conjoint Actor, and the material gravity of the eternal Isle.
Don’t forget that the greatest function of the cosmic mind is where the divergence between physical reality and spiritual reality is the greatest. Cosmic mind functions to pull these two divergent levels of reality together within mind in order to unify them. The cosmic mind does the drawing and pulling, the mind ministries do the work of knitting it all together into something that makes sense and is workable within the cosmic framework.
Nigel Nunn wrote: I was thinking the above quote (379.4, 34:5.4) refers to a mind “thus endowed with the ministry of the Holy Spirit“, prior to the presence of the Adjuster. What do you think?
For us, this event occurs simultaneously. The moment the individual enters the seventh circle, all three of the higher spirit ministries appear: Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth and Adjuster. There is no distinguishable time lag. Are you talking about the days before Pentecost, the days of primitive man when not everyone got an Adjuster? I’m not following your logic.
Nigel Nunn wrote: What I had in mind is simply that the cosmic intuitions make it possible for us to accept epochal revelation as valid. This is not about intuitively divining undiscovered facts, it’s about enabling that “sniff test” that allows us to evaluate the credentials of something presented as fact.
I thought that we were specifically told that the source of validity of epochal revelation resided in the soul. Revelation is a spiritual phenomenon. Truth is a revelation. The revelation of truth can only occur in the soul, where a supermaterial mind recognizes supermaterial reality. At the very beginning of TUB the revelator admits that the spirit forces within the soul will enable us to grasp the reality of the meaning of the text.
0:12.13 But we know that there dwells within the human mind a fragment of God, and that there sojourns with the human soul the Spirit of Truth; and we further know that these spirit forces conspire to enable material man to grasp the reality of spiritual values and to comprehend the philosophy of universe meanings. But even more certainly we know that these spirits of the Divine Presence are able to assist man in the spiritual appropriation of all truth contributory to the enhancement of the ever-progressing reality of personal religious experience — God-consciousness.
Nigel Nunn wrote: I got to wondering whether each of these four integrated (yet absolutely distinct) domains might have its own flavor of “fact”, and corresponding mode of “validation”, some way to recognize and respond to the facts peculiar to that domain.
Don’t you mean the flavor of reality? That would be the cosmic intuitions, the stickiness of reality and how neatly and comfortably reality fits into the realm of mind? Trying to stuff nonreality into an increasingly real and unified mind is disruptive and uncomfortable. The flavor of each level of reality can only be experienced in mind. Therefore it is the recognition of these levels of reality which provide the flavor. (actually, I like scent)
Physical gravity has to do with the physical level of reality, and the flavor of recognizing this reality comes from the cosmic intuition called causation. It has to do with things, energy, facts, reason, science. Physical gravity pulls the physical toward the Isle of Paradise and mind attempts to integrate this level of reality into the totality of personality experience by recognizing its beauty.
Spiritual gravity has to do with the spiritual level of reality, and the flavor of recognizing this reality comes from the cosmic intuition called worship. It has to do with relations, truth, faith, value, spirit. Spiritual gravity pulls spirit toward the Eternal Son and mind attempts to integrate this level of reality in such a way that it becomes the motivating influence on all other levels of the personality. It does this through the mindal level of reality by the recognition of truth.
Mind gravity has to do with the mind level of reality, and the flavor of this reality recognition comes from the cosmic intuition called duty. It has to do with intellect, ideas, philosophy, and meanings. Mind gravity pulls mind toward the Infinite Spirit while attempting to integrate the other two levels of reality, fact and value, or physical and spiritual, in such a way which stabilizes and balances the mind so it can facilitate growth by allowing increasing spirit dominance.
Personality gravity has to do with personality itself. The flavor of the recognition of this level of reality comes from God himself, the Adjuster. But since the Adjuster is prepersonal, we are gifted with personality presences who assist us in recognizing this form of reality on spiritual levels, the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Truth. Personality gravity has more to do with the recognition of the goodness of God.
Nigel Nunn wrote: Thus the facts of the personality circuit are the Universal Father and love. Its technique of validation is living truth. Likewise, the facts of the spirit circuit are the Eternal Son and spirit luminosity. Its technique of validation is religious. The facts of the mind circuit are the Infinite Spirit and intellectual insight. Its technique of validation is (universal) philosophy. And the facts of the material circuit are Paradise and material light. Its technique of validation is (universal) science.
I think you would do better to change the word fact to reality. The technique of validation of the Father’s love is personal religious experience and the yielding of spiritual fruit. The technique of validating spiritual reality is the same. The technique of validating mind reality is allowing it to become dominated by spirit reality. The technique of validating material reality is allowing it to be dominated by mind reality which is then dominated by spirit reality. Validity only comes from unification of all three levels of reality, and this can only be done by the transference of dominance to spiritual levels. There is no validity unless there is unification. Validity comes from the “harmony of the triunity of functional reality”. And oddly enough, mind itself is unity.
16:9.1 Aside from these three inalienables of human consciousness, all human experience is really subjective except that intuitive realization of validity attaches to the unification of these three universe reality responses of cosmic recognition.
102:2.5 Mind is unity; mortal consciousness lives on the mind level and perceives the universal realities through the eyes of the mind endowment. The mindperspective will not yield the existential unity of the source of reality, the First Source and Center, but it can and sometime will portray to man the experiential synthesis of energy, mind, and spirit in and as the Supreme Being. But mind can never succeed in this unification of the diversity of reality unless such mindis firmly aware of material things, intellectual meanings, and spiritual values; only in the harmony of the triunity of functional reality is there unity, and only in unity is there the personality satisfaction of the realization of cosmic constancy and consistency.
42:11.7 Since mind co-ordinates the universe, fixity of mechanisms is nonexistent. The phenomenon of progressive evolution associated with cosmic self-maintenance is universal. The evolutionary capacity of the universe is inexhaustible in the infinity of spontaneity. Progress towards harmonious unity, a growing experiential synthesis superimposed on an ever-increasing complexity of relationships, could be effected only by a purposive and dominant mind.
How about mind gravity? Gravity is a force with a presence. The organizers are the adjutants on the material level, the Holy Spirit on the spirit level.
Suffering from the same malady myself. But even though the brain is slowing down, I think my mind is speeding up. It’s a quantity/quality thing. And time . . . yeah . . . seven years go by in seven minutes these days. Thanks so much for the response. Looking forward to more.
