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141:5.1 One of the most eventful of all the evening conferences at Amathus was the session having to do with the discussion of spiritual unity. James Zebedee had asked, “Master, how shall we learn to see alike and thereby enjoy more harmony among ourselves?” When Jesus heard this question, he was stirred within his spirit, so much so that he replied: “James, James, when did I teach you that you should all see alike? I have come into the world to proclaim spiritual liberty to the end that mortals may be empowered to live individual lives of originality and freedom before God. I do not desire that social harmony and fraternal peace shall be purchased by the sacrifice of free personality and spiritual originality. What I require of you, my apostles, is spirit unity – and that you can experience in the joy of your united dedication to the wholehearted doing of the will of my Father in heaven. You do not have to see alike or feel alike or even think alike in order spiritually to be alike. Spiritual unity is derived from the consciousness that each of you is indwelt, and increasingly dominated, by the spirit gift of the heavenly Father. Your apostolic harmony must grow out of the fact that the spirit hope of each of you is identical in origin, nature, and destiny.

United Unity

Longer nights and shorter days

Until the solstice does display.

We’ve yet to truly get first freeze.

I feel more thankful on my knees.

When on my knees, I must look up.

Pray to the One who fills my cup.

The day exists for me to live.

And bring me home when I’m adrift.

When on your knees, a thankful pose

Find your beauty, perhaps a rose.

See your smells, and smell the beauty.

Spread awareness, it’s your duty.

The Spirit of the life you live

Will lift you up to do His biz.

Love the fact that you’re aware.

Love uplifts, and takes you there.

Love has always been the answer!

Bellicosity leads to disaster!

Hateful words dissolve with love.

Love with kindness must evolve!

Someday, and it won’t be long

This world unites with “One God’s Song”.

We must see, and then accept

The God of Love, does not have sects.

Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim all

Christian, Jew, one God stands tall!

We must unite, and live in peace.

Accept that fact, One God’s replete!

Thank You, Father, of all worlds.

This speck of dust in space still whirls

On its journey through creation.

We will unite all of the nations!

Paul Anderson

Urantiapoet.com

39:4.14 The keys of the kingdom of heaven are: sincerity, more sincerity, and more sincerity. All men have these keys. Men use them – advance in spirit status – by decisions, by more decisions, and by more decisions. The highest moral choice is the choice of the highest possible value, and always – in any sphere, in all of them – this is to choose to do the will of God. If man thus chooses, he is great, though he be the humblest citizen of Jerusem or even the least of mortals on Urantia.

Sincerity

Autumn rains on this fine day.

Gloomy weather won’t dismay.

Many chores and things to do.

Inside I know God loves me too.

We’ll find ways to do what’s needed.

On this day, I’ll go where leaded.

I will look inside myself

And deal with the cards I’m dealt.

The way of life upon this day

Presents itself in different ways.

Different levels of pursuit

The way I choose gives me my route.

I have appointments to attend.

I’ll try to work all of them in

To be dependable in choice

Helps me hear the inner voice.

We all must see within our actions

How God’s will gives satisfactions.

Our motivations then will be

Based upon reality.

The inside look is paramount.

An honest look inside can daunt.

But when you look you have been found.

God will free where you’ve been bound.

Thank You, Father, for the day.

I know my best I need display!

At times I know I’ve fallen short

But I’m sincere I do report.

Paul Anderson

Urantiapoet.com

Pray for Israel, pray for Gaza to immediately stop the destruction of property, suffering and death of people.

16:9.5 Civilizations are unstable because they are not cosmic; they are not innate in the individuals of the races. They must be nurtured by the combined contributions of the constitutive factors of man – science, morality, and religion. Civilizations come and go, but science, morality, and religion always survive the crash.

Our Inner War
The chill of rain demarks the season.
The chilliness gives us a reason
To prepare for what is coming.
Winter wakens, it is yawning.

Winter stretches as it wakes.
It changes things within its wake.
The flow of winter air comes close
And freezes us without our coats.

Turn on the heat, that is a must.
We don’t want our pipes to bust.
Fire was our first invention.
Controlling it gives comprehension.

What do we really truly know?
We’re still searching how to go.
Combustion with its CO2
Yields global warming, that is true.

Combustion of another substance?
Hydrogen yields water sustenance.
But industry is not set up.
Money structures do disrupt.

Can we see ourselves to change?
Or are we victims on this train?
Speeding onward, blindly seeking
Solutions while the time is ticking.

Thank You, Father, for Your Love.
On earth we need more, so we solve
Global warming and wars too.
With Trust and Faith we call on You!
Paul Anderson
Urantiapoet.com

What Happens when we die children's version.
This question is from the new student who has just joined. Likely answer I gave him.

According to The Urantia Book, when we die, our mortal life on Earth comes to an end, and we transition to the next phase of our existence in the afterlife. Here are some relevant quotations from The Urantia Book regarding what happens when we die:

1. "When a planetary system is settled in life, its inhabited worlds become the wards of a watchcare council of ascendant beings." (Paper 30:1.1)
This quote suggests that after death, individuals become the responsibility of higher beings who guide and care for them in the afterlife.

2. "Mortal death […] results in the liberation of the indwelling Monitor" (Paper 112:2.12)
This quote indicates that after death, the indwelling divine presence called the "Monitor" (referring to the Thought Adjuster or Fragment of God within each person) is released from the physical body.

3. "On the mansion worlds, […] you will resume your intellectual training and spiritual development at the exact level whereon they were interrupted by death." (Paper 55:8.12)
This passage suggests that after death, individuals continue their spiritual and intellectual growth in the mansion worlds, picking up from where they left off in their mortal life.

4. "The essence of Jerusem citizenship is the willingness to subordinate self to faithful and loving service, to loyalty and devotion to doing the Father's will." (Paper 45:2.1)
This quote indicates that in the afterlife, a focus on service and being aligned with the divine will is significant.

5. " On the mansion worlds, the resurrected mortal survivors resume their lives just where they left off when overtaken by death." (Paper 47:9.2)
This passage implies that after death, individuals continue their lives in the afterlife from where they left off in terms of personal progress and development.

These quotations describe that death is not the end, but rather a continuation of our journey in the spiritual realms, where we continue to learn, grow, and serve.

How death is talked about in the Urantia teachings.?
Possible answer.
In The Urantia Book, death is described as the "natural" end of life and a transition to the next life beyond the physical realm. Here are a few quotations from The Urantia Book that pertain to death:

1. "Death is only the beginning of an endless career of adventure, an everlasting life of anticipation, an eternal voyage of discovery." (Paper 34:7.7)

2. "Though death terminates the mortal career, it is only the beginning of an entirely new experience for the resurrected soul." (Paper 110:6.5)

3. "The moment you remove your mind and endowments from this world, you take your first step upon the eternal career of Paradise service." (Paper 39:5.10)

4. "In death, the consciousness of personality is suspended; the human personality is not present in the surviving soul of natural death." (Paper 112:4.17)

5. "You begin over there right where you leave off down here." (Paper 47:1.3)

These quotes suggest that death is not the end of existence but rather a transition to a new phase of spiritual growth and exploration. It is considered a natural process that leads to an eternal life in the spiritual realms.

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12:7.7 The will of God does not uniformly prevail in the heart of the God-seeking material mortal, but if the time frame is enlarged beyond the moment to embrace the whole of the first life, then does God’s will become increasingly discernible in the spirit fruits which are borne in the lives of the spirit-led children of God. And then, if human life is further enlarged to include the morontia experience, the divine will is observed to shine brighter and brighter in the spiritualizing acts of those creatures of time who have begun to taste the divine delights of experiencing the relationship of the personality of man with the personality of the Universal Father.

Wave the Flag
Much to do on this fine day.
I’ll cope with all that comes my way.
Various areas are portrayed
In the landscape where I play.

Beset with soreness in my bones,
A snotty nose I must bemoan.
A scratchy throat I will resist.
To gargle more I will persist.

Do the things that help you out.
Then help another, give them clout.
Try to be the most ideal
Person who can think and feel.

Don’t just play upon emotion.
Show your love has deep devotion.
Give your all to how you live.
Then try to do your best to give.

Look inside and gather courage.
Sincerely look so there’s no shortage.
Honor truth, and look for love.
God will help you to evolve.

Time it takes to make improvements.
You must access your current movements.
Look for how you could be better.
Do your best, a real go-getter.

Thank You, Father, for all things.
Your Love is what I wish to bring.
Increase the Love that’s in the world.
Help Your flag to be unfurled.