The evolving soul and the Adjuster work together to guide and nurture the human personality towards cosmic insight and spiritual discovery, beyond the limitations of science and philosophy. [1] We should commit the keeping of our souls to God, our faithful Creator, as we strive to love Him and all his children. [2] About fusion of soul with Adjuster see link on fusion. Jesus warned the young man about gaining the whole world and losing his soul. [3] Judge not the soul by one unfortunate human episode, but by spiritual longings and purposes. [4] Most impoverished souls are rich, yet disbelief prevails among mortals. [5]
The material eyes serve as the windows of the spirit-born soul, with the spirit as the architect, the mind as the builder, and the body as the material building. [6] Prayer is the breath of the soul, leading to persistence in seeking the Father's will and receiving the bread of life through unwavering spirit. [7]
Salvation is achieved through the spiritualization of moral consciousness, reconciling it with intellectual self-awareness to attain eternal survival status. [8] The saving or losing of a soul depends on achieving harmony between moral and intellectual self-consciousness for eternal survival. [9] About winning souls see link to gospel. The world is filled with lost souls, wandering in confusion among the isms and cults of a frustrated philosophic era. [10]
The mortal soul ascends with divine spirit to the Father in heaven. [11]
The surviving soul, of experiential origin in the material and mortal life, may not have memory of mortal events, but does have a residual experiential-recognition-response to unremembered events of past experience. [12]
Survival depends on the evolution of the immortal soul through spiritualization by the Adjuster, as mortal mind alone cannot endure without immortal spirit. [13]
The awakening of the human soul on the third day after natural death signals the repersonalization process, as the morontia soul does not retain self-consciousness without the Adjuster. [14] The evolving soul retains character from past adjutant mind decisions, requiring the Adjuster for self-consciousness. [15]
The eternal reunion of the morontia-soul trust of the seraphim and the spirit-mind trust of the Thought Adjuster constitutes the resurrection of a sleeping survivor. [16] The soul is the immortal part of man that survives death through moral choice and spiritual attainment, elevating humanity above the animal world. [17]
The evolving soul reinforces mortal mind decisions during life in the flesh, only making final decisions after physical death or when permitted by mortal will. [18]
Survival is achieved by shifting the seat of personality identity from the material body to the soul, transcending death and evolving towards spirit reality through God-seeking decisions. [19] Jesus commended the transcript of human experience to his Father as he died on the cross, a spiritual reality analogous to the soul of mortal beings. [20] During the period from death to repersonalization, dis-Adjustered souls are wholly and absolutely unconscious. [21]
Spirit-fused mortals on certain worlds are never Adjuster-fused but are guided by transient Adjusters in the evolution of their immortal soul. [22] The Adjusters, eternal ancestors of the soul, guide man towards spiritual progression and direct communication with their human partners. [23]
Man's urge for Paradise perfection and God-attainment creates a cosmic tension, resolved through the evolution of immortal souls in mortal creatures and the synthesis of almighty power with the Supreme Being. [24] The morontia soul is the child of Adjuster and Supreme, shaped by the Universal Father and Universal Mother. [25] The souls of the Jerusemites were embryonic during mortal life but grew through successive morontia worlds to citizenship status on Jerusem. [26] Soul evolves through mastery of psychic circles, as indicated by the emergence of the morontia soul. [27]
Our eternal destiny evolves by our decisions through our association with the divine presence of the Paradise Father and in accordance with the personality decisions of our mind, just as the Supreme Being evolves through his liaison with the Paradise Trinity. [28]
The transmutation of mortal mind to immortal soul occurs as the human will embraces spirit teachings and becomes ultimately guided by the divine spirit, thus achieving eternal personality existence. [29] The mortal soul, like the Supreme Being, grows in and of itself through its own volitional choices. [30] The evolving soul grows independently of mental culture, guided by sincere worship and the divine direction of the Thought Adjuster. [31]
The immortal soul is the joint creation of God-knowing mortal mind and indwelling Adjuster, destined to survive mortal death and begin the Paradise ascension. [32]
Man must will the creation of the immortal soul, as no other force or agency can interfere with the absolute sovereignty of mortal free will in choosing its eternal destiny. [33]
Man's supreme undertaking is to collaborate with the indwelling divine spirit and moral mind in the physical tabernacle to dualize the immortal soul, sensing its cosmic survival qualities. [34] The evolving soul's measure is faith in truth and love for man, while human strength is shown through resilience in the face of sorrow and grudges. [35]
Mistakes and errors can delay, but not stop, the evolution of the soul once initiated by the indwelling Adjuster with the consent of the creature will. [36] Reflective moral choices prompt divine invasions of the soul, unlocking cosmic meanings and freeing the personality from time and space limitations. [37]
The mystery of Ascendington involves the evolution of an immortal soul within the mind of a mortal and material creature, a secret that will forever remain yours to keep. [38]
The mystery of Ascendington reveals the gradual evolution of an immortal soul within a mortal mind, a potentially immortal spiritual counterpart built up in character and identity. [39] Striving to serve both good and evil puts a severe strain on the soul, causing conflict and potential mind disruption. [40]
Ancients believed the soul resided in various parts of the body, such as the heart, the head, and the breath, with some tribes fearing that mirrors and images could remove parts of the soul. [41]
The doctrine of three or four souls explains the belief that different aspects of the soul residing in various parts of the body determine one's health and spiritual well-being. [42] In the early Hebrew conception, the ghost soul descends to Sheol and cannot return to the land of the living. [43]
Early man's dream double, the soul, was believed to be an exact replica of the mortal self, but unresponsive to touch, leading to the belief that all things, animate and inanimate, possess souls. [44]
Hinduism failed to distinguish the copresence of the evolving and potentially immortal soul, unlike the Chinese, Egyptians, and African tribes who recognized the soul and spirit as distinct aspects of a human being. [45] Men believed women did not have souls, denying them names and imposing customs of fear. [46] The ancients believed the soul could leave the body in various ways, likening it to perfume leaving a flower. [47] The primitive concept of the soul was derived from the idea of breath and dream, distinguishing the living from the dead. [48] The Eskimos believe that everything in nature, animate and inanimate, has a soul, which can be termed ghost, spirit, shade, phantom, or specter. [49]
The nature of the soul is a unique and enduring unity of mind and spirit, evolving through divine influence and material experience to attain ultimate destiny. [50] The hunger of the soul cannot be satisfied with physical pleasures and must be nourished by deeper, more enduring pursuits. [51]
The soul, representing the potential survival value of human experience, cannot exist apart from moral thinking and spiritual activity, which elevate the human being above the level of the animal world. [52] The soul ceases if growth ceases, as it represents the potential survival value of human experience and is sustained by moral and spiritual activity. [53] The soul discerns the unification of energy, mind, and spirit realities. [54] Faith sons know the soul's existence bridges the material and the spiritual. [55] The soul faithfully portrays the harvest of temporal decisions made by the mortal mind, shaping the eternal existence of the individual. [56] Values are felt as the mutual creation of mind, which knows, and the associated spirit, which reality-izes. [57] The evolving soul is increasingly conscious of both material mind and Adjuster as it evolves towards spirit dominance. [58]
Jesus’ discourse on the soul at Ephesus revealed the profound truth that the human soul represents the potential survival value of human experience through moral choice and spiritual attainment. [59] The evolving soul can only be known through spiritual insight. [60] The evolving soul is made divine by what it strives to do, not by what it does. [61]
Man's inner spirit expresses and realizes itself through the mind, while his experience of spiritual reality in the soul is conscious through the mind. [62] Morontia life is initiated on conception of the soul, opening the potential for supermortal function and recognition on higher morontia levels. [63] The morontial counterpart of mortal personality is the emerging and immortal soul destined to survive mortal death and begin the Paradise ascension. [64] Mortal identity resides in experiential recognition within the soul. [65] The human soul is not discoverable by science but is known through personal experience as an entity between the material and spiritual realms. [66] The soul recognizes Adjuster's leading as it evolves to experience the presence and spirit activities of divine entities like the Paradise Adjusters. [67] The evolving soul collaborates with the mortal mind to make supermaterial decisions, with its final decisions being made after death or translation. [68] The evolving relationship between Adjuster and personality within the soul ensures the continuance of the evolving soul beyond mortal death. [69] The souls of great religious teachers and prophets were nurtured by unselfish ministry and service, not extreme mysticism. [70]
Revealed truth, the joint creation of the material mind and indwelling spirit, is the supreme delight of the human soul, ensuring eternal salvation through a singleness of purpose to do the Father’s will and become like God, without conflict between true knowledge and truth. [71] Soul intelligence is the Father’s gift to man, in association with the Thought Adjuster and the Holy Spirit. [72]
The Adjusters build up the spirit counterpart of mortal nature—the soul—during life in the flesh, re-creating and preserving it for resurrection on the survival worlds and eternal existence with God, the divine parent of the real you. [73] Spiritual insight, a faculty of the soul, reveals the realm of the Eternal Son and the spiritual gravity that draws all spiritual realities. [74] Permeated by truth, beauty, and goodness, the evolving soul becomes indestructible, ensuring eternal value and meaning to mortal existence. [75]
See also: UB 111.