Paper 34
The Local Universe Mother Spirit
5. The Ministry of the Spirit
1The Divine Minister co-operates with the Creator Son in the formulation of life and the creation of new orders of beings up to the time of his seventh bestowal and, subsequently, after his elevation to the full sovereignty of the universe, continues to collaborate with the Son and the Son’s bestowed spirit in the further work of world ministry and planetary progression.
2On the inhabited worlds the Spirit begins the work of evolutionary progression, starting with the lifeless material of the realm, first endowing vegetable life, then the animal organisms, then the first orders of human existence; and each succeeding impartation contributes to the further unfolding of the evolutionary potential of planetary life from the initial and primitive stages to the appearance of will creatures. This labor of the Spirit is largely effected through the seven adjutants, the spirits of promise, the unifying and co-ordinating spirit-mind of the evolving planets, ever and unitedly leading the races of men towards higher ideas and spiritual ideals.
3Mortal man first experiences the ministry of the Spirit in conjunction with mind when the purely animal mind of evolutionary creatures develops reception capacity for the adjutants of worship and of wisdom. This ministry of the sixth and seventh adjutants indicates mind evolution crossing the threshold of spiritual ministry. And immediately are such minds of worship- and wisdom-function included in the spiritual circuits of the Divine Minister.
4When mind is thus endowed with the ministry of the Holy Spirit, it possesses the capacity for (consciously or unconsciously) choosing the spiritual presence of the Universal Father—the Thought Adjuster. But it is not until a bestowal Son has liberated the Spirit of Truth for planetary ministry to all mortals that all normal minds are automatically prepared for the reception of the Thought Adjusters. The Spirit of Truth works as one with the presence of the spirit of the Divine Minister. This dual spirit liaison hovers over the worlds, seeking to teach truth and to spiritually enlighten the minds of men, to inspire the souls of the creatures of the ascending races, and to lead the peoples dwelling on the evolutionary planets ever towards their Paradise goal of divine destiny.
- Holy Spirit › nature of the Holy Spirit › enables possessor to choose Adjuster
- mortal mind › nature of mortal mind › endowed with Holy Spirit has capacity to choose Adjuster
- spiritual influences › operate as one spirit, becoming ministry of Supreme
- Thought Adjusters › mortal co-operation with Adjusters › may be unconscious
- Thought Adjusters › mortal co-operation with Adjusters › mind endowed with Holy Spirit has capacity to choose T.A
5Though the Spirit of Truth is poured out upon all flesh, this spirit of the Son is almost wholly limited in function and power by man’s personal reception of that which constitutes the sum and substance of the mission of the bestowal Son. The Holy Spirit is partly independent of human attitude and partially conditioned by the decisions and co-operation of the will of man. Nevertheless, the ministry of the Holy Spirit becomes increasingly effective in the sanctification and spiritualization of the inner life of those mortals who the more fully obey the divine leadings.
- Holy Spirit › nature of the Holy Spirit › increasingly effective when mortals obey divine leadings
- Jesus › life of Jesus › value of Jesus’ life › function of Spirit of Truth limited by one’s reception of substance of Jesus’ life
- revelation › personal revelation › we should obey divine leadings
- Spirit of Truth › bestowal › limited by man’s reception of mission of bestowal Son
- Spirit of Truth › effect of receiving the Spirit of Truth › prepares men’s minds for Adjusters
- spiritual growth › achievement › by obeying divine leadings
- spiritual influences › operate as one spirit, becoming ministry of Supreme
- submission › Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth limited by our obedience
- Thought Adjusters › arrival › Spirit of Truth prepares for planetary reception
6As individuals you do not personally possess a segregated portion or entity of the spirit of the Creator Father-Son or the Creative Mother Spirit; these ministries do not contact with, nor indwell, the thinking centers of the individual’s mind as do the Mystery Monitors. Thought Adjusters are definite individualizations of the prepersonal reality of the Universal Father, actually indwelling the mortal mind as a very part of that mind, and they ever work in perfect harmony with the combined spirits of the Creator Son and Creative Spirit.
- Holy Spirit › nature of the Holy Spirit › does not indwell individual minds
- Spirit of Truth › does not indwell individual minds
- spiritual influences › operate as one spirit, becoming ministry of Supreme
- Thought Adjusters › mission and function of Thought Adjusters › indwell mind, not physical brain
- Thought Adjusters › nature of Adjusters › fragmentations of Father on prepersonal absolute level prior to energy-spirit divergence
7The presence of the Holy Spirit of the Universe Daughter of the Infinite Spirit, of the Spirit of Truth of the Universe Son of the Eternal Son, and of the Adjuster-spirit of the Paradise Father in or with an evolutionary mortal, denotes symmetry of spiritual endowment and ministry and qualifies such a mortal consciously to realize the faith-fact of sonship with God.
- Creator Sons › also known as › Universe Sons
- local universe Mother Spirits › also known as › Universe Daughter
- sonship with God › Adjuster, Holy Spirit, and Spirit of Truth qualify mortals to faith-realize
- spiritual influences › operate as one spirit, becoming ministry of Supreme
- symmetry › from presence of Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth, and Adjuster