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Newsletter of the Urantia Association of Spain
Light and Life — April 2021
¶ In this number
- Editorial Light and Life - April 2021 - María José Sánchez Santamaría
- Works – our recommendations of the month
- History and teachings – Chronicles of the life of Jesus
- The astronomical secrets of the sky – John B. Parkinson
- Books – our recommendations of the month
- Looking for Jesus – Jan Herca’s blog
- Video – our recommendation of the month
- Urantia Questionnaire: Ginés Avilés
- Urantia Talks for the month of April
- Urantia Association International Conference
- New UBIS courses
- About the Light and Life newsletter
¶ Editorial Light and Life – April 2021
Maria Jose Sanchez Santamaria
¶ We are bearers of good news
The newly released spring in the Northern Hemisphere is here, with all its display of freshness, life and colors. And with it comes the memory of the Resurrection of our beloved Jesus of Nazareth. A wonderful opportunity to reflect on his life and divine example, and to see that his example guide our efforts to “revive” our consciousness, to bring forth in our lives the high ideals and true freedom our Adjuster so deeply craves.
Following the detailed news that the media serve us is an exercise that can gradually empty us of illusion, of hope for the future. But we readers of The Urantia Book have enough cosmic perspective to nurture that hope and we know that the best is yet to come.
With this April issue of the Light and Life Newsletter in your hands, dear reader, you have enough “spiritual food” to direct your mind and soul towards lofty and inspiring ideals:
- You will find works that explain the cosmic design of our reality, such as the excellent works of Jan, Rafael or Mariano.
- Another work shows us facets of a close collaborator of Jesus on Earth, Judas Iscariot, that you will be interested in knowing.
- The precious Chronicle of the Life of Jesus continues to show us another document from the fourth part, ready to be studied in a group of readers.
- We do not forget very beautiful urantian books like Bob Slage’s or Rick Warren’s.
- The Internet is an amazing mine of Urantian materials: we review a blog, a Youtube channel, the Urantian talks in our Zoom room, the famous UBIS courses, and the long-awaited International Conference of readers.
- You will see a different section: the Urantia Questionnaire, where prominent readers from the Urantia community will share how the book’s teachings have changed their lives.
All this shows us a vibrant, dynamic, increasingly interconnected and planetary URANTIA MOVEMENT. A movement that bears good news for this world, which we want to expose in this simple monthly bulletin (or so we pretend, at least).
“Cease to fear men; be unafraid to preach the good news of eternal life to your fellows who languish in darkness and hunger for the light of truth.” (UB 192:2.11)
¶ Works – our recommendations of the month
Mr. Hubble and The Urantia Book (Dick Bain, with comments by Jan Herca)
In this paper, Dick Bain (with additional comments by Jan Herca, the article’s translator) compares Hubble’s theory that the universe is constantly expanding against the book’s claims to this perception, especially centered on the breathing of space. , which leads him to reflect on the cosmology of the book and the possible criticisms it may have from non-readers related to the need to review it.
The upward race, by Rafael Mondéjar
In this extensive and exhaustive work, the author, a veteran reader of the book, exposes the ascending career from our stage as planetary mortals to the stage of citizens of Paradise, with all the milestones that characterize each of the stages and what we are learning in them. .
Supporting PowerPoint Presentation
What to do with human evolution?, by Mariano Pérez
This work was exposed in a virtual chat on Zoom on October 25, 2015. In this talk the author, based on the teachings of the book, asks if something should be done to biologically improve the races of the Earth and, if so , how to carry it out. To answer these questions, the author strives to contextualize the teachings with an open mind and a critical spirit to propose which are the tools that should be used in the improvement of the races. Here is the supporting PowerPoint presentation
Judas Iscariot, the 12th apostle, by Javier Martínez
In this PowerPoint presentation is the content of the virtual talk that the author gave on Zoom, in which he analyzes the figure of Judas Iscariot: his origin, his personality traits, his negative aspects and the process that led him to move away from the uplifting influence of the Master and to embrace evil.
You can see the video of the presentation here.
¶ History and teachings – Chronicles of the life of Jesus
We present the following installment of the chronicles of the life of Jesus, which on this occasion contains what the revealers tell us in document 121. Within the PDF you will see a button from which you can access the text of the document from the Foundation’s website Urantia.
¶ The astronomical secrets of the sky
John B Parkinson
¶ Background
The following article is a brief introduction to my main research and writing project, which has to do with the astronomical search and identification of those stars, asterisms and constellations associated with the celestial worlds of our local universe of Nebadon, as revealed in the 1955 publication known as The Urantia Book. Specifically, those clusters of divinely created architectural spheres known in The Urantia Book as Jerusem, Edentia and Salvington.
Since The Urantia Book does not explicitly reveal the location of these places, we must turn to other sources of information both ancient and modern to try to unlock these secrets. After years of studying The Urantia Book I have identified at least one key passage that gives us an indispensable clue that greatly narrows the search for Edentia, the constellation sky. Here’s the story.
¶ Books – our recommendations of the month
Tales of Joshua (Bob Slagle)
Tales of Joshua is an excellent account of the childhood of Jesus of Nazareth, as narrated in The Urantia Book, expressed in very simple language and with numerous illustrations, which makes it especially suitable for children.
Link with more information about the book and its download
Resurrection Room (Rick Warren)
Resurrection Room is a beautiful story that gives free rein to the imagination but taking into account what is told in The Urantia Book about life on the mansion worlds, from when we woke up in the resurrection rooms until we merged with the Adjuster. A story full of hope and one that could very well be quite close to what life on morontia really is.
Link with more information about the book and the free reading of the first chapter
¶ Looking for Jesus – Jan Herca’s blog
This blog by Jan Herca, a reader from Valladolid, contains a lot of interesting material about his project to write a complete biography of Jesus of Nazareth. Although it hasn’t been updated for a while, it is worth reviewing the blog and reading all the information it contains about the life and teachings of the Master. In addition, it is possible to download for free the deliveries of the biography, titled Jesús de Nazareth.
https://buscandoajesus.wordpress.com/
¶ Video – our recommendation of the month
The Anunnaki and The Urantia Book
In this video of the channel Urantia Writing Studies one of the works of Jael González, a veteran reader who has delved into the parallels of the history of humanity with what is affirmed in the teachings of The Urantia Book. Here he postulates an interesting theory about the true identity of the Anunnaki, those mysterious gods of the Sumerians.
¶ Urantia Questionnaire: Ginés Avilés
_Editor’s Note: We are starting a new section, in which a featured reader will answer some questions about how he came to _ The Urantia Book and why he finds it so inspiring. On this occasion, Ginés Avilés, current president of the Urantia Association of Spain, will answer our questionnaire.
Hello brothers! I am Ginés and I am a seeker of Truth, that is the most important thing I can say about myself, my best resume.
In addition, I am married with two beautiful children and I live happily in the city of Murcia. I have a varied life but mainly I am a public employee in the Bank of Spain and, as you all know, I participate in the Urantia Association of Spain.
From a very young age I was curious and open, I was interested in almost everything, I wanted to know more about people in general… and I think that this same attitude with its comings and goings was what led me to this new spirituality that The Urantia Book represents.
¶ Urantia Talks for the month of April
The Association is organizing Urantia Talks so that all who wish can join and discuss topics that interest them. The idea is that the moderators propose a starting topic, which can then be followed by others at the proposal of the attendees.
At the moment these talks will be biweekly (every other Friday) and their purpose is to maintain contact between readers in the absence of face-to-face events, as well as to share the teachings in an atmosphere of fraternity and camaraderie.
Meetings will be held in the Association Zoom room.
The first two meetings will be on Fridays April 9 and 24 at 7:00 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time). We wait for you!
¶ Urantia Association International Conference
The dates of the Urantia Association International conference are approaching! It will be a virtual event that will take place on April 24 and 25, organized by the Urantia Association of Peru.
Although it is virtual, you must register to have access to the conference. This is the link from where to register for the two days and to choose the workshops you want to attend:
https://register.urantia.org.pe
Don’t miss this great opportunity to attend an international conference that will bring together readers from all over the world! The time has come!
¶ New UBIS courses
On Monday, April 12, registration for the April quarter courses at UBIS begins, which offers five courses in Spanish. Hurry up, places are limited and courses fill up very quickly!
The courses themselves begin on Monday, April 19 and last 10 weeks (except when it is indicated that the course is reduced, and then its duration is 6 weeks).
To enroll, you must go to the school website (http://ubis.urantia.org) and create a user account before requesting a course, as it is necessary to be authenticated as a UBIS user to request the inscription.
Here is the list of courses that will be given in April: https://www.urantia.org/es/education/programacion-de-cursos
¶ About the Light and Life newsletter
Light and Life is the newsletter of the Urantia Association of Spain. From 2005 to 2016 it was published in PDF format and distributed by mail and email to the association’s reader list, but it is currently distributed in newsletter format from content in HTML format.
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¶ References
- Article of the Magazine Light and Life Online: https://aue.urantia-association.org/newsletter/luz-y-vida-abril-2021/