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Spiritual Assurance Formula
Spiritual assurance is the equivalent of your personal religious experience in the eternal realities of divine truth and is otherwise equal to your intelligent understanding of truth realities plus your spiritual faith and minus your honest doubts. Jesus 146:3.4 https://mm.spiritualfamily.net/Urantia_Book-Online_Reader-2019/Paper_146.html#146:3.4

Stand strong, be of good cheer
"And when such disheartened souls sincerely seek for God--hunger for truth and thirst for righteousness--there is nothing that can hold them in further captivity.

Jesus, 130:1.2 | https://mm.spiritualfamily.net/Urantia_Book-Online_Reader-2019/Paper_130.html#130:1.2

On Your Side
"You may be surrounded with small enemies and be retarded by many obstacles, but the big things and the real things of this world and the universe are on your side. Jesus, 130:6.6 | https://mm.spiritualfamily.net/Urantia_Book-Online_Reader-2019/Paper_130.html#130:6.6

Your Destiny
"Your spiritual destiny is conditioned only by your spiritual longings and purposes." Jesus, 156:5.9 | https://mm.spiritualfamily.net/Urantia_Book-Online_Reader-2019/Paper_156.html#156:5.9

34:7.8 Having started out on the way of life everlasting, having accepted the assignment and received your orders to advance, do not fear the dangers of human forgetfulness and mortal inconstancy, do not be troubled with doubts of failure or by perplexing confusion, do not falter and question your status and standing, for in every dark hour, at every crossroad in the forward struggle, the Spirit of Truth will always speak, saying, "This is the way." | https://mm.spiritualfamily.net/Urantia_Book-Online_Reader-2019/Paper_034.html#34:7.8

Keep uppermost in your mind the Promises of Jesus. There may be time delays because each citizen is endowed with free will however, what a Creator Son Desires and the Father wills IS. This was the Promise of the Master to the original 12 and their successors.

196:3.13 Unless a divine lover lived in man, he could not unselfishly and spiritually love. Unless an interpreter lived in the mind, man could not truly realize the unity of the universe. Unless an evaluator dwelt with man, he could not possibly appraise moral values and recognize spiritual meanings. And this lover hails from the very source of infinite love; this interpreter is a part of Universal Unity; this evaluator is the child of the Center and Source of all absolute values of divine and eternal reality. | https://mm.spiritualfamily.net/Urantia_Book-Online_Reader-2019/Paper_196.html#196:3.11

Social Harmony
A social group of human beings in co-ordinated working harmony stands for a force far greater than the simple sum of its parts. 133:5.6 | https://mm.spiritualfamily.net/Urantia_Book-Online_Reader-2019/Paper_133.html#133:5.6

Fable: DON'T ARGUE WITH DONKEYS
The donkey said to the tiger:
- "The grass is blue".
The tiger replied:
- "No, the grass is green."
The discussion heated up, and the two decided to submit him to arbitration, and for this they went before the lion, the King of the Jungle.
Already before reaching the forest clearing, where the lion was sitting on his throne, the donkey began to shout:
- "His Highness, is it true that the grass is blue?".
The lion replied:
- "True, the grass is blue."
The donkey hurried and continued:
- "The tiger disagrees with me and contradicts and annoys me, please punish him."
The king then declared:
- "The tiger will be punished with 5 years of silence."
The donkey jumped cheerfully and went on his way, content and repeating:
- "The Grass Is Blue"...
The tiger accepted his punishment, but before he asked the lion:
- "Your Majesty, why have you punished me?, after all, the grass is green."
The lion replied:
- "In fact, the grass is green."
The tiger asked:
- "So why are you punishing me?".
The lion replied:
- "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green.
The punishment is because it is not possible for a brave and intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with a donkey, and on top of that come and bother me with that question."
The worst waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who does not care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on arguments that don't make sense...
There are people who, no matter how much evidence and evidence we present to them, are not in the capacity to understand, and others are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and all they want is to be right even if they are not.

When ignorance screams, intelligence is silent. Your peace and quietness are worth more.

Possible lessons;

1. Avoid arguing with ignorance: The lion's wisdom in punishing the tiger for engaging with the donkey's foolishness reflects the Urantia Book's counsel:

"Unwise contention is a form of suicide;... wise men refuse to waste their lives in this manner." (UB 28:5.22)

2. Prioritize peace and quietness: The story highlights the importance of maintaining inner peace and avoiding unnecessary conflicts:

"Peace in this life, survival in the next, and perfection in the one following, are achieved by living faith. And faith is the gift of the spirit of God." (UB 1:6.7)

3. Recognize the limitations of others: The lion's response to the tiger's inquiry illustrates the need to acknowledge that some individuals may not be receptive to truth or reason:

"The universe is not like the laws, mechanisms, and personalities of the finite;... the divine plan is unpredictable." (UB 23:2.11)

4. Cultivate wisdom and discernment: The lion's wise decision and the tiger's realization of their mistake demonstrate the importance of discerning when to engage in discussions and when to withdraw:

"Wisdom is the ability to see the cosmic picture, to understand the interrelationship of all things and all beings." (UB 19:1.5)

5. Maintain a sense of humility: The tiger's acceptance of punishment and recognition of their mistake exemplifies the value of humility in personal growth and spiritual development:

"Human wisdom is a composite of divine insight and human experience; it is the wisdom of the spirit guided by the light of the divine." (UB 19:1.5)

This encourage us to cultivate wisdom, discernment, humility, and inner peace, while avoiding unnecessary conflicts and recognizing the limitations of others.

World Of Values
The eye of the material mind perceives a world of factual knowledge; the eye of the spiritualized intellect discerns a world of true values. 130:4.10 | https://mm.spiritualfamily.net/Urantia_Book-Online_Reader-2019/Paper_130.html#130:4.10