Paper 40
The Ascending Sons of God
10. Ascendant Destinies
1Spirit-fused mortals are, generally speaking, confined to a local universe; Son-fused survivors are restricted to a superuniverse; Adjuster-fused mortals are destined to penetrate the universe of universes. The spirits of mortal fusion always ascend to the level of origin; such spirit entities unfailingly return to the sphere of primal source.
2Spirit-fused mortals are of the local universe; they do not, ordinarily, ascend beyond the confines of their native realm, beyond the boundaries of the space range of the spirit that pervades them. Son-fused ascenders likewise rise to the source of spirit endowment, for much as the Truth Spirit of a Creator Son focalizes in the associated Divine Minister, so is his “fusion spirit” implemented in the Reflective Spirits of the higher universes. Such spirit relationship between the local and the superuniverse levels of God the Sevenfold may be difficult of explanation but not of discernment, being unmistakably revealed in those children of the Reflective Spirits—the secoraphic Voices of the Creator Sons. The Thought Adjuster, hailing from the Father on Paradise, never stops until the mortal son stands face to face with the eternal God.
- Creator Sons › fusion spirit of C.S. implemented in Reflective Spirits
- local universe Mother Spirits › also known as › Divine Ministers
- local universe Mother Spirits › mind and spirit circuits › Spirit of Truth functionally centered in
- Reflective Spirits › fusion spirits of Creator Sons implemented in
- Son-fused mortals › fusion implemented in Reflective Spirits
- Son-fused mortals › range Orvonton; sometimes journey to Paradise; number less than one million
- Spirit-fused mortals › destiny › majority become permanent citizens of local universes
- Spirit of Truth › defined as › functionally centered in Mother Spirit
- Thought Adjusters › nature of Adjusters › mortals’ path to Paradise
- Voices of Creator Sons › children of Reflective Spirits
3The mysterious variable in associative technique whereby a mortal being does not or cannot become eternally fused with the indwelling Thought Adjuster may seem to disclose a flaw in the ascension scheme; Son and Spirit fusion do, superficially, resemble compensations of unexplained failures in some detail of the Paradise-attainment plan; but all such conclusions stand in error; we are taught that all these happenings unfold in obedience to the established laws of the Supreme Universe Rulers.
4We have analyzed this problem and have reached the undoubted conclusion that the consignment of all mortals to an ultimate Paradise destiny would be unfair to the time-space universes inasmuch as the courts of the Creator Sons and of the Ancients of Days would then be wholly dependent on the services of those who were in transit to higher realms. And it does seem to be no more than fitting that the local and the superuniverse governments should each be provided with a permanent group of ascendant citizenship; that the functions of these administrations should be enriched by the efforts of certain groups of glorified mortals who are of permanent status, evolutionary complements of the abandonters and of the susatia. Now it is quite obvious that the present ascension scheme effectively provides the time-space administrations with just such groups of ascendant creatures; and we have many times wondered: Does all this represent an intended part of the all-wise plans of the Architects of the Master Universe designed to provide the Creator Sons and the Ancients of Days with a permanent ascendant population? with evolved orders of citizenship that will become increasingly competent to carry forward the affairs of these realms in the universe ages to come?
- Architects of the Master Universe › function › provide Creator Sons and Ancients of Days with permanent ascendant populations
- ascension plan › that some mortals cannot fuse is not a flaw in a.p
- compensations › Son- and Spirit-fusion in ascendant plan
- local universes › Spirit fusion provides l.u. with permanent ascendant citizenship
- Son-fused mortals › provide each superuniverse with permanent ascendant citizenship
- superuniverses, the seven › Son-fusion provides each superuniverse with permanent ascendant citizenship
5That mortal destinies do thus vary in no wise proves that one is necessarily greater or lesser than another, merely that they differ. Adjuster-fused ascenders do indeed have a grand and glorious career as finaliters spread out before them in the eternal future, but this does not mean that they are preferred above their ascendant brethren. There is no favoritism, nothing arbitrary, in the selective operation of the divine plan of mortal survival.
6While the Adjuster-fused finaliters obviously enjoy the widest service opportunity of all, the attainment of this goal automatically shuts them off from the chance to participate in the agelong struggle of some one universe or superuniverse, from the earlier and less settled epochs to the later and established eras of relative perfection attainment. Finaliters acquire a marvelous and far-flung experience of transient service in all seven segments of the grand universe, but they do not ordinarily acquire that intimate knowledge of any one universe which even now characterizes the Spirit-fused veterans of the Nebadon Corps of Completion. These individuals enjoy an opportunity to witness the ascending processional of the planetary ages as they unfold one by one on ten million inhabited worlds. And in the faithful service of such local universe citizens, experience superimposes upon experience until the fullness of time ripens that high quality of wisdom which is engendered by focalized experience—authoritative wisdom—and this in itself is a vital factor in the settling of any local universe.
- finaliters › service › serve successively in superuniverses other than those of nativity
- Nebadon Corps of Perfection › members gain authoritative wisdom about Nebadon
- Spirit-fused mortals › destiny › achieve unsurpassed wisdom regarding their local universe
- wisdom › sources of wisdom › focalized experience engenders authoritative w
7As it is with the Spirit fusers, so is it with those Son-fused mortals who have achieved residential status on Uversa. Some of these beings hail from the earliest epochs of Orvonton, and they represent a slowly accumulating body of insight-deepening wisdom which is making ever-augmenting service contributions to the welfare and eventual settlement of the seventh superuniverse.
8What the ultimate destiny of these stationary orders of local and of superuniverse citizenship will be we do not know, but it is quite possible that, when the Paradise finaliters are pioneering the expanding frontiers of divinity in the planetary systems of the first outer space level, their Son- and Spirit-fused brethren of the ascendant evolutionary struggle will be acceptably contributing to the maintenance of the experiential equilibrium of the perfected superuniverses while they stand ready to welcome the incoming stream of Paradise pilgrims who may, at that distant day, pour in through Orvonton and its sister creations as a vast spirit-questing torrent from these now uncharted and uninhabited galaxies of outer space.
9While the majority of Spirit fusers serve permanently as citizens of the local universes, all do not. If some phase of their universe ministry should require their personal presence in the superuniverse, then would such transformations of being be wrought in these citizens as would enable them to ascend to the higher universe; and upon the arrival of the Celestial Guardians with orders to present such Spirit-fused mortals at the courts of the Ancients of Days, they would so ascend, never to return. They become wards of the superuniverse, serving as assistants to the Celestial Guardians and permanently, save for those few who are in turn summoned to the service of Paradise and Havona.
10Like their Spirit-fused brethren, the Son fusers neither traverse Havona nor attain Paradise unless they have undergone certain modifying transformations. For good and sufficient reasons, such changes have been wrought in certain Son-fused survivors, and these beings are to be encountered ever and anon on the seven circuits of the central universe. Thus it is that certain numbers of both the Son- and the Spirit-fused mortals do actually ascend to Paradise, do attain a goal in many ways equal to that which awaits the Father-fused mortals.
11Father-fused mortals are potential finaliters; their destination is the Universal Father, and him they do attain, but within the purview of the present universe age, finaliters, as such, are not destiny attainers. They remain unfinished creatures—sixth-stage spirits—and hence nonactive in the evolutionary domains of prelight-and-life status.
- finaliters › destiny › attain destiny with Trinity embrace
- finaliters › nature of finaliters › 6th stage spirits; status not final
- finaliters › service › assume duties of most celestials after morontia temple appears
- finaliters › service › nonactive in prelight-and-life domains
- light and life › changes in celestial duties upon entry into light and life › finaliters increasingly involved; celestial hosts withdraw
12When a mortal finaliter is Trinity embraced—becomes a Trinitized Son, such as a Mighty Messenger—then has that finaliter attained destiny, at least for the present universe age. Mighty Messengers and their fellows may not in the exact sense be seventh-stage spirits, but in addition to other things the Trinity embrace endows them with everything which a finaliter will sometime achieve as a seventh-stage spirit. After Spirit-fused or Son-fused mortals are trinitized, they pass through the Paradise experience with the Adjuster-fused ascenders, with whom they are then identical in all matters pertaining to superuniverse administration. These Trinitized Sons of Selection or of Attainment at least for now are finished creatures, in contrast to the finaliters, who are at present unfinished creatures.
- finaliters › destiny › attain destiny with Trinity embrace
- finaliters › nature of finaliters › 6th stage spirits; status not final
- Mighty Messengers › endowed with everything finaliters one day achieve
- Paradise Trinity › functions › embrace of P.T. endows recipients with everything finaliters will achieve as 7th stage spirits
- Son-fused mortals › may become Trinitized Ambassadors, Trinitized Sons of Attainment, or Trinitized Sons of Selection
- Spirit-fused mortals › destiny › may become › Trinitized Sons of Attainment
- Spirit-fused mortals › destiny › may become › Trinitized Sons of Selection
- spirits › 6th stage spirit mortals have not attained finality of status
- Trinitized Sons of Attainment › Trinity embrace endows T.S.o.A. with everything finaliters will achieve as 7th stage spirits
- Trinitized Sons of Selection › Trinity embrace endows with everything finaliters will achieve as 7th stage spirits
13Thus, in the final analysis, it would be hardly proper to use the words “greater” or “lesser” in contrasting the destinies of the ascending orders of sonship. Every such son of God shares the fatherhood of God, and God loves each of his creature sons alike; he is no more a respecter of ascendant destinies than is he of the creatures who may attain such destinies. The Father loves each of his sons, and that affection is not less than true, holy, divine, unlimited, eternal, and unique—a love bestowed upon this son and upon that son, individually, personally, and exclusively. And such a love utterly eclipses all other facts. Sonship is the supreme relationship of the creature to the Creator.
- favoritism › God is no respecter of persons
- favoritism › God loves each son alike
- God › God’s nature › no respecter of persons
- love › divine love › true, holy, unlimited, eternal, and unique
- mortals › God is no respecter of persons
- persons › God no respecter of
- sonship with God › supreme relationship of creature to Creator
- Universal Father › attitude › loves with affection that is true, holy, divine, unlimited, eternal, and unique
- Universal Father › attitude › no respecter of persons, races, or generations
14As mortals you can now recognize your place in the family of divine sonship and begin to sense the obligation to avail yourselves of the advantages so freely provided in and by the Paradise plan for mortal survival, which plan has been so enhanced and illuminated by the life experience of a bestowal Son. Every facility and all power have been provided for insuring your ultimate attainment of the Paradise goal of divine perfection.
- duty › summary of mortal duty › to avail ourselves of advantages so freely provided for survival
- Jesus › life of Jesus › value of Jesus’ life › J.’ life revealed › Paradise plan for mortal survival
- perfection › attainment › every facility and all power provided to insure
- survival › assurance of survival › every facility and all power provided to insure
15[Presented by a Mighty Messenger temporarily attached to the staff of Gabriel of Salvington.]