© 1992 Marta and David Elders
© 1992 The Fellowship for readers of The Urantia Book
By Marta and David Elders, Darien, Connecticut
Consider your soul as a refuge from the isolation of the materialistic ego self and its worldly concerns. Experience it as the sacred place of peace wherein the Spirit of the Father dwells and communes in loving fellowship with the spirit of his Son, the Spirit of Truth. Now, sense as well, the presence of your spiritual brothers and sisters. Know with certainty that this soul is the ground of our common being; the consciousness of self-lessness, the Kingdom of Heaven, The family of God, the essence of true spiritual community, the temple in which our Father through union with each and all of us becomes self-realized as community, true brotherhood, the Supreme.
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| UB 157:4.5 | “. you could/Father’s Kingdom." |
| UB 157:4.7 | And ever since/spirits. |
I. This living temple in which we can choose to live is the Supreme Being
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| UB 116:7.6-7 | Man’s urge/Being. |
| UB 117:1.1 | The Supreme/Deity. |
| UB 117:1.2-3 | This universe/brotherhood. |
| UB 117:3.12 | The Supreme/supreme. |
| UB 117:5.1 | The great Supreme/purpose. |
| UB 117:6.23 | Man can discover/life. |
II. The individual souls of human beings are the building blocks of the living temple of the Supreme.
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| UB 117:6.17 | Despite the fact/experience. |
| UB 34:6.12 | … for the fruits/temperance |
| UB 117:5.11 | Even the experience/Supreme. |
| UB 117:6.8 | All soul-evolving/service. |
| UB 117:4.10 | The great challenge/yours. |
| UB 157:4.7 | … you could not/kingdom. |
| UB 157:4.5 | And ever since/spirits. |
III. It is in and through our souls that we make true and lasting contact with other personalities both divine and those of our fellow humans who selfconsciously have attained this level of realization, anywhere or anytime in the the universes.
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| UB 155:6.13 | When you//universe. |
| UB 157:2.2 | Prejudice blinds/divinity |
| UB 170:5.11 | to Jesus/man. |
| UB 180:1.1 | Remember I am/disciples. |
| UB 180:5.8 | The true/God. |
IV. The factors contributing to soul growth.
1. Faith
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| UB 143:2.7 | Your secret/God. |
| UB 101:1.6 | Faith unites/personality |
| UB 101:8.1 | Belief has/more. |
| UB 34:6.3 | From the heights/ministry |
| UB 101:2.8 | Faith/soul |
| UB 101:3.4 | Through religious/situations. |
| UB 110:6.18 | The mastery/God. |
| UB 130:6.4 | And then/God. |
| UB 159:3.12 | When my/loved. |
| UB 195:9.8 | But expectant/beyond. |
2. Self-Conscious, Moral Decision-making
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| UB 5:5.14 | A human/heaven. |
| UB 110:6.6 | Every decision/achievement |
| UB 196:3.23 | Every time/conditions |
| UB 110:6.1 | The sum total/potentiality. |
| UB 110:6.3 | The psychic/attunement. |
| UB 110:6.16 | Perhaps these/citizenship. |
3. Love
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| UB 156:5.11 | You are destined/bestowed. |
| UB 156:5.17 | Spiritual living/love for man… |
| UB 195:5.14 | In religion/insight. |
| UB 143:1.4 | Love is/relationship. |
| UB 146:3.6 | While you/fellows. |
| UB 56:10.21 | Love/others. |
| UB 180:5.10 | Love/destiny. |
V. The soul as entrance into community.
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| UB 141:4.8-UB 141:5.3 | Your personalities/soul. |
| UB 117:6.10 | All true/Supreme. |
| UB 117:6.21 | A human/discovery. |
| UB 180:5.8 | And when/God. |
REMEMBRANCE
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| UB 180:4.5 | This new teacher/you. |