The Cosmic Citizen

Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday Jesus! Come join us for a Cosmic Christmas, Cosmic Citizens!  Jesus of Nazareth, Joshua ben Joseph, was born 2026 years ago according to The Urantia Book.   (1346.4) 122:3.1 One evening about sundown, before Joseph had returned home, Gabriel appeared to Mary by the side of a low stone table and, after she had recovered her composure, said: “I come at the bidding of one who is my Master and whom you shall love and nurture. To you, Mary, I bring glad tidings when I announce that the conception within you is ordained by heaven, and that in due time you will become the mother of a son; you shall call him Joshua, and he shall inaugurate the kingdom of heaven on earth and among men. ...” (1351.5) 122:8.1 All that night Mary was restless so that neither of them slept much. By the break of day the pangs of childbirth were well in evidence, and at noon, August 21, 7 B.C., with the help and kind ministrations of women fellow travelers, Mary was delivered of a male child. Jesus of Nazareth was born into the world, was wrapped in the clothes which Mary had brought along for such a possible contingency, and laid in a near-by manger. (2091.11) 196:2.2 Jesus’ life in the flesh portrays a transcendent religious growth from the early ideas of primitive awe and human reverence up through years of personal spiritual communion until he finally arrived at that advanced and exalted status of the consciousness of his oneness with the Father. And thus, in one short life, did Jesus traverse that experience of religious spiritual progression which man begins on earth and ordinarily achieves only at the conclusion of his long sojourn in the spirit training schools of the successive levels of the pre-Paradise career. Come celebrate Jesus' birthday and Christmas with us! http://tobtr.com/11794057

This week we resume our study with the fourth paper in this series on the Mystery Monitors, we'll be reading Paper 110, Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals, §6. The Seven Psychic Circles.  This is really the study of our ascent to true happiness and real success in life. (1209.1) 110:6.1 Entrance upon the seventh circle marks the beginning of true human personality function. Completion of the first circle denotes the relative maturity of the mortal being. (1209.2) 110:6.2 The Adjuster is your equal partner in the attainment of the seven circles — the achievement of comparative mortal maturity.  (1209.3) 110:6.3 The psychic circles are not exclusively intellectual, neither are they wholly morontial; they have to do with personality status, mind attainment, soul growth, and Adjuster attunement. The successful traversal of these levels demands the harmonious functioning of the entire personality, not merely of some one phase thereof. The growth of the parts does not equal the true maturation of the whole; the parts really grow in proportion to the expansion of the entire self — the whole self — material, intellectual, and spiritual. (1209.4) 110:6.4 It is to the mind of perfect poise, housed in a body of clean habits, stabilized neural energies, and balanced chemical function — when the physical, mental, and spiritual powers are in triune harmony of development — that a maximum of light and truth can be imparted with a minimum of temporal danger or risk to the real welfare of such a being. (1209.5) 110:6.5 The Adjusters are always near you and of you, but rarely can they speak directly, as another being, to you. Join us in this exploration of our Father-fragments—the promise of eternity and progress to each one of us. http://tobtr.com/11790023

This week we resume our study with the fourth paper in this series on the Mystery Monitors, we'll be reading Paper 110, Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals, §4. The Adjuster's Work in the Mind and §5.  Erroneous Concepts of Adjuster Guidance. Adjusters are able to receive the continuous stream of cosmic intelligence coming in over the master circuits of time and space; they are in full touch with the spirit intelligence and energy of the universes. But these mighty indwellers are unable to transmit very much of this wealth of wisdom and truth to the minds of their mortal subjects because of the lack of commonness of nature and the absence of responsive recognition.  (1207.1) 110:4.1 Trust all matters of mind beyond the dead level of consciousness to the custody of the Adjusters. In due time, if not in this world then on the mansion worlds, they will give good account of their stewardship, and eventually will they bring forth those meanings and values intrusted to their care and keeping. They will resurrect every worthy treasure of the mortal mind if you survive. (1207.4) 110:4.4  You are so devoid of courageous decisions and consecrated co-operation that your indwelling Adjusters find it next to impossible to communicate directly with the human mind. Even when they do find it possible to flash a gleam of new truth to the evolving mortal soul, this spiritual revelation often so blinds the creature as to precipitate a convulsion of fanaticism or to initiate some other intellectual upheaval which results disastrously. Many a new religion and strange “ism” has arisen from the aborted, imperfect, misunderstood, and garbled communications of the Thought Adjusters. (1207.5) 110:4.5 Join us in this exploration of our Father-fragments—the promise of eternity and progress to each one of us. http://tobtr.com/11789101

This week we resume our study with the fourth paper in this series on the Mystery Monitors, we'll be reading Paper 110, Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals,§2.  §3. Co-operation with the Adjuster and §4. The Adjuster's Work in the Mind. I cannot but observe that so many of you spend so much time and thought on mere trifles of living, while you almost wholly overlook the more essential realities of everlasting import, those very accomplishments which are concerned with the development of a more harmonious working agreement between you and your Adjusters. The great goal of human existence is to attune to the divinity of the indwelling Adjuster; the great achievement of mortal life is the attainment of a true and understanding consecration to the eternal aims of the divine spirit who waits and works within your mind. But a devoted and determined effort to realize eternal destiny is wholly compatible with a lighthearted and joyous life and with a successful and honorable career on earth. ...the ideal life is one of loving service rather than an existence of fearful apprehension. (1206.2) 110:3.4  Confusion, being puzzled, even sometimes discouraged and distracted, does not necessarily signify resistance to the leadings of the indwelling Adjuster. (1206.3) 110:3.5  You must not regard co-operation with your Adjuster as a particularly conscious process, for it is not; but your motives and your decisions, your faithful determinations and your supreme desires, do constitute real and effective co-operation. (1206.4) 110:3.6  Join us in this exploration of our Father-fragments—the promise of eternity and progress to each one of us.

This week we resume our study with the fourth paper in this series on the Mystery Monitors, we'll be reading Paper 110, Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals, covering §2. Adjusters and Human Will. Jesus said, "I declare that the kingdom of heaven is the realization and acknowledgment of God's rule within the hearts of men."  That is what the 5 Thought Adjuster Papers in The Urantia Book are all about. They splendidly reveal how God rules in the inner life if we let him. Consider that, "He [Jesus] had only one objective, the further revelation of God to man, the establishment of the kingdom, the rule of the heavenly Father in the hearts of mankind. The Urantia Book reveals, as never before, exactly how God functions in the inner life of his spirit-born children. The Thought Adjuster papers are the sum and substance of this concept. Therefore, they are so sublimely powerful. These papers are thrilling, moving, deep, provocative, and transformative. Our study has been rich with meaning. If you miss any epidodes, you can always listen to them on the archive. "The great goal of human existence is to attune to the divinity of the indwelling Adjuster; the great achievement of mortal life is the attainment of a true and understanding consecration to the eternal aims of the divine spirit who waits and works within your mind" (1206.2) 110:3.4 http://tobtr.com/11781447 (156:5.11) You are destined to live a narrow and mean life if you learn to love only those who love you. Human love may indeed be reciprocal, but divine love is outgoing in all its satisfaction-seeking. The less of love in any creature's nature, the greater the love need, and the more does divine love seek to satisfy such need. Love is never self-seeking, and it cannot be self-bestowed. Divine love cannot be self-contained; it must be unselfishly bestowed.

We are BACK and ready to dive back into the Thought Adjuster Papers!  Jesus said, "I declare that the kingdom of heaven is the realization and acknowledgment of God's rule within the hearts of men."  That is what the 5 Thought Adjuster Papers in The Urantia Book are all about. They splendidly reveal how God rules in the inner life if we let hm. Consider that, "He [Jesus] had only one objective, the further revelation of God to man, the establishment of the kingdom, the rule of the heavenly Father in the hearts of mankind. The Urantia Book reveals, as never before, exactly how God functions in the inner life of his spirit-born children. The Thought Adjuster Papers are the sum and substance of this concept. Therefore, they are so sublimely powerful. These papers are thrilling, moving, deep, provocative, and transformative. So far, we've completed 3 of the 5. We've done Paper 107: Origin and Nature of Thought Adjusters, Paper 108: Mission and Ministry of Thought Adjusters, and Paper 109: Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures. Our study has been rich with meaning. If you missed any of these sessions, you could always listen to them on the archive. This week we resume our study with the fourth paper in this series on the Mystery Monitors, we'll be reading Paper 110, Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals, covering §2. Adjusters and Human Will. "The great goal of human existence is to attune to the divinity of the indwelling Adjuster; the great achievement of mortal life is the attainment of a true and understanding consecration to the eternal aims of the divine spirit who waits and works within your mind" (1206.2) 110:3.4 Please join us as we further explore the great goal of human existence... finding God within! http://tobtr.com/11768846

We resume our study with the fourth paper in our study of the Mystery Monitors, Paper 110, Relation of Adjusters to Individual Mortals, §1. Indwelling the Mortal Mind & §2. Adjusters and Human Will. (1203.3) 110:1.1 Adjusters should not be thought of as living in the material brains of human beings. They are not organic parts of the physical creatures of the realms. The Thought Adjuster may more properly be envisaged as indwelling the mortal mind of man rather than as existing within the confines of a single physical organ. And indirectly and unrecognized the Adjuster is constantly communicating with the human subject, especially during those sublime experiences of the worshipful contact of mind with spirit in the superconsciousness. (1204.3) 110:1.5 The Adjuster remains with you in all disaster and through every sickness which does not wholly destroy the mentality. But how unkind knowingly to defile or otherwise deliberately to pollute the physical body, which must serve as the earthly tabernacle of this marvelous gift from God. All physical poisons greatly retard the efforts of the Adjuster to exalt the material mind, while the mental poisons of fear, anger, envy, jealousy, suspicion, and intolerance likewise tremendously interfere with the spiritual progress of the evolving soul. (1204.5) 110:2.1 When Thought Adjusters indwell human minds, they bring with them the model careers, the ideal lives, ...[t]hus they begin work with a definite and predetermined plan for the intellectual and spiritual development of their human subjects, but it is not incumbent upon any human being to accept this plan. You are all subjects of predestination, but it is not foreordained that you must accept this divine predestination; you are at full liberty to reject any part or all of the Thought Adjusters’ program. Come join us! http://tobtr.com/11766970

We resume our study with the third, middle, paper in our study of the Mystery Monitors, Paper 109, Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures, §6. The Persistence of True Values & §7. Destiny of Personalized Adjusters. This [Personalized] Adjuster [of Michael of Nebadon] did indeed triumph in Jesus’ human mind — that mind which in each of life’s recurring situations maintained a consecrated dedication to the Father’s will, saying, “Not my will, but yours, be done.” Such decisive consecration constitutes the true passport from the limitations of human nature to the finality of divine attainment. (1200.5) 109:6.5 Personalized Thought Adjusters are the untrammeled, unassigned, and sovereign stabilizers and compensators of the far-flung universe of universes. They combine the Creator and creature experience — existential and experiential. They are conjoint time and eternity beings. They associate the prepersonal and the personal in universe administration. (1201.3) 109:7.2  (1201.8) 109:7.7 When the planetary Vorondadek observer of Urantia ...asserted his authority in the presence of the resident governor general, he began his emergency administration of Urantia with a full staff of his own choosing. He immediately assigned to all his associates and assistants their planetary duties. But he did not choose the three Personalized Adjusters who appeared in his presence the instant he assumed the regency. He did not even know they would thus appear, for they did not so manifest their divine presence at the time of a previous regency. ...these three omnipersonal beings were among the most active of the numerous orders of celestial beings then serving on Urantia. Come join us! http://tobtr.com/11760595

We resume our study with the third, middle, paper in our study of the Mystery Monitors, Paper 109, Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures, §5. Material Handicaps to Adjuster Indwelling. But your unsteady and rapidly shifting mental attitudes often result in thwarting the plans and interrupting the work of the Adjusters. Their work is not only interfered with by the innate natures of the mortal races, but this ministry is also greatly retarded by your own preconceived opinions, settled ideas, and long-standing prejudices. (1199.4) 109:5.3 The great problem of life is the adjustment of the ancestral tendencies of living to the demands of the spiritual urges initiated by the divine presence of the Mystery Monitor. While in the universe and superuniverse careers no man can serve two masters, in the life you now live on Urantia every man must perforce serve two masters. (1199.5) 109:5.4 If you will co-operate with your Adjuster, the divine gift will, sooner or later, evolve the immortal morontia soul and, subsequent to fusion therewith, will present the new creature to the sovereign Master Son of the local universe and eventually to the Father of Adjusters on Paradise. (1199.6) 109:5.5 This [Personalized] Adjuster [of Michael of Nebadon] did indeed triumph in Jesus’ human mind — that mind which in each of life’s recurring situations maintained a consecrated dedication to the Father’s will, saying, “Not my will, but yours, be done.” Such decisive consecration constitutes the true passport from the limitations of human nature to the finality of divine attainment. (1200.5) 109:6.5 Everything of permanent value which is intrusted to an Adjuster is assured eternal survival. (1201.1) 109:6.7 Come join us! http://tobtr.com/11757176

We resume our study with the third, middle, paper in our study of the Mystery Monitors, Paper 109, Relation of Adjusters to Universe Creatures, §3. Relation of Adjusters to Mortal Types, §4. Adjusters and Human Personality, and §5. Material Handicaps to Adjuster Indwelling. Nothing of survival value is ever lost in all the wide universe. (1197.4) 109:3.2 The type of Adjuster has much to do with the potential for expression of the human personality. On down through the ages, many of the great intellectual and spiritual leaders of Urantia have exerted their influence chiefly because of the superiority and previous experience of their indwelling Adjusters. The indwelling Adjusters have in no small measure co-operated with other spiritual influences in transforming and humanizing the descendants of the primitive men of olden ages. If the Adjusters indwelling the minds of the inhabitants of Urantia were to be withdrawn, the world would slowly return to many of the scenes and practices of the men of primitive times; the divine Monitors are one of the real potentials of advancing civilization. (1198.6,7) 109:4.3,4 In a sense the Adjusters may be fostering a certain degree of planetary cross-fertilization in the domains of truth, beauty, and goodness. But they are seldom given two indwelling experiences on the same planet; there is no Adjuster now serving on Urantia who has been on this world previously. (1199.1) 109:4.6 But your unsteady and rapidly shifting mental attitudes often result in thwarting the plans and interrupting the work of the Adjusters. Their work is not only interfered with by the innate natures of the mortal races, but this ministry is also greatly retarded by your own preconceived opinions, settled ideas, and long-standing prejudices. (1199.4) 109:5.3 Join us! http://tobtr.com/11751885