soul

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soul (Paper 111)
after mortal death. See also extinction; nonsurvivors; resurrection; roll call
ascends with divine spirit to Father (0:5.10) (149:6.9)
no memory, but response to past experience (40:9.4-9)
no mortal survival apart from evolution of s. (49:4.9)
no self-consciousness without Adjuster (49:6.9) (112:6.7)
possesses continuing character derived from former associated adjutant mind (112:6.7)
sleeping survivors’ souls held by personal or group guardian seraphim (47:3.3) (49:6.4) (112:3.5)
soul is what survives death (36:6.5) (133:6.5)
soul makes final decisions only after physical death, except as permitted by mortal will (111:3.2)
survival gained by transferring seat of personality identity from material body to s. (112:2.20)
transcript of human experience (188:3.4)
unconscious from death to repersonalization (112:3.7) (112:5.13)
and the Adjuster (Paper 111)
commit to God’s keeping (131:10.2)
creation and evolution of the soul
Adjuster fosters s. in mortals destined for Spirit fusion (37:5.1-4)
Adjuster is eternal ancestor of the s. (108:6.7)
by man’s urge for Paradise perfection, striving for God-attainment (116:7.6)
child of Adjuster and Supreme (117:6.5)
embryonic during mortal life (66:4.9)
evolves as psychic circles attained (110:6.9)
evolves its eternal destiny by our decisions (117:3.10)
following spirit leading transmutes spirit phases into s. (1:3.7)
grows in and of itself (117:3.6-7)
grows independently of mental culture (5:3.7) (65:8.4)
joint creation of God-knowing mortal mind and indwelling Adjuster (0:5.10) (5:2.5) (5:3.8) (5:5.14) (5:6.7) (16:9.2) (86:5.2) (101:3.3) (111:2.10) (112:5.12) (117:5.3) (132:3.4)
man must will creation of the s. (5:6.8)
man’s supreme undertaking (16:9.2)
measured by faith in truth and love for man (156:5.17)
mistakes and errors may delay evolution of s., but cannot inhibit it once initiated (111:3.1)
moral choice causes divine invasion of (65:8.6) (196:3.20)
mystery of Ascendington (13:1.22-23)
potentially immortal spiritual counterpart built up in mortal mind (13:1.22)
severe strain on s. to serve both good and evil (133:7.12)
fusion of s. with Adjuster. See fusion
gaining whole world and losing one’s s. (165:4.9)
historically
ancients believed s. to reside in various parts of body (86:5.14-17) (111:0.3)
doctrine of 3 or 4 souls (86:5.16-17)
early Hebrew conception (86:4.8)
early man’s dream double (86:5.1)
Hinduism failed to distinguish (111:0.4)
men believed women did not have souls (84:4.5)
methods of s. leaving body according to primitives (86:5.4-8)
primitive concept was breath-dream (86:4.3-4) (86:5.1)
termed ghost, spirit, shade, phantom, specter (86:5.1)
judge not the s. by one unfortunate human episode (156:5.9)
majority of impoverished souls are truly rich, but refuse to believe it (48:7.6)
material eyes are windows of s. (42:12.12) (86:5.15) (111:0.7)
nature of the soul (111:2sec)
cannot be satisfied with physical pleasures (84:8.4)
cannot exist apart from moral thinking and spiritual activity (133:6.5) (156:5.2)
ceases if growth ceases (112:0.15) (133:6.5)
discerns unification of energy, mind, spirit realities (16:9.1-2)
faith sons know existence of s. (133:6.7)
faithfully portrays harvest of temporal decisions (111:1.5) (112:6.9)
feels quality, values (111:3.6)
is increasingly conscious of material mind and Adjuster (111:3.4)
Jesus’ discourse on the s. at Ephesus (133:6.4-7)
known only through spiritual insight (111:0.1)
made divine by what it strives to do (48:7.24)
man experiences spiritual reality in his s. (103:6.6)
morontia life initiated on conception of (48:6.2)
morontial counterpart of mortal personality (0:5.10) (94:3.7) (111:2.8) (112:5.12)
mortal identity resides in (40:9.6)
not discoverable by science (133:6.7)
recognizes Adjuster’s leading (5:2.5)
reinforces supermaterial decisions of mortal mind (111:3.2)
relationship between Adjuster and personality continually changes (112:0.15)
requires spiritual exercise, spiritual nourishment (91:7.2)
revealed truth is supreme delight of (132:3.4)
s. intelligence is endowment of Holy Spirit (101:3.2)
spirit counterpart of mortal nature (40:9.2) (108:6.5-6) (152:6.4)
spiritual insight is faculty of the s. (12:8.4)
to extent permeated by truth, beauty, and goodness, s. is indestructible (111:3.7)
prayer is breath of the s. (144:2.3)
saving or losing of (133:6.6)
s. conflict is disharmony between moral and intellectual self-consciousness (133:6.6)
winning souls. See gospel: proclaiming
world filled with lost souls (100:5.1)

Cross-references

See fusion
See gospel: proclaiming
See also extinction
See also nonsurvivors
See also resurrection
See also roll call

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