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THE SPIRIT OF BESTOWAL
THE INFINITE SPIRIT |
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CEDOMIL
VUGRINCIC, M.D., Ph.D. |
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In the
previous Interim-Papers we have reviewed the meanings of the TRUE WORSHIP of
the Paradise Universal Father, the PRAYER SUPPLICATIONS to the realms of the
Paradise Eternal Son and His Spirit of Truth, and qualified PRAYER
REALIZATIONS by the spirit agencies of the Holy Spirit, the Mind of the
Paradise Conjoint Actor. The following
Interim-Paper is devoted to further enlightenment about the true nature of
God.
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8: THE INFINITE SPIRIT 008:2
NATURE OF THE INFINITE SPIRIT 8:2.1 The Conjoint Creator
is from eternity and is wholly and without qualification one with the Universal Father
and the Eternal Son.
The Infinite Spirit
reflects in perfection not only the nature of the Paradise
Father but also the nature of the Original Son. 8:2.2 The Third Source and
Center is known by numerous titles: the Universal Spirit, the
Supreme Guide, the Conjoint Creator, the Divine Executive, the Infinite Mind,
the Spirit of Spirits, the Paradise Mother Spirit, the Conjoint Actor,
the Final Co-ordinator, the Omnipresent Spirit, the
Absolute Intelligence, the Divine Action; and on Urantia
he is sometimes confused with the cosmic mind. 8:2.3 It is altogether proper to
denominate the Third Person of
Deity the Infinite Spirit, for God is spirit. But material creatures who tend towards the error of viewing matter as
basic reality and mind, together with spirit, as postulates rooted in matter,
would better comprehend the Third Source and Center if he were called the
Infinite Reality, the Universal Organizer, or the Personality Co-ordinator. 8:2.4 The Infinite Spirit, as a universe
revelation of divinity,
is unsearchable and utterly beyond human comprehension. To sense the
absoluteness of the Spirit, you need only contemplate the infinity of the
Universal Father and stand in awe of the eternity of the Original Son. 8:2.5 There is mystery indeed in the
person of the Infinite Spirit but not so much as in the Father and the Son.
Of all aspects of the Father's nature, the Conjoint Creator most strikingly
discloses his infinity. Even if the master universe
eventually expands to infinity, the spirit presence, energy control, and mind
potential of the Conjoint Actor will be found adequate to meet the demands of
such a limitless creation. 8:2.6 Though in every way sharing the
perfection, the righteousness, and the love of the Universal Father, the
Infinite Spirit inclines towards the mercy attributes of the Eternal Son,
thus becoming the mercy minister of the Paradise Deities
to the grand universe.
Ever and always—universally and eternally—the Spirit is a mercy minister,
for, as the divine Sons reveal the love of God, so the divine Spirit depicts
the mercy of God. 8:2.7 It is not possible that the Spirit
could have more of goodness than the Father since all goodness takes origin
in the Father, but in the acts of the Spirit we can the better comprehend
such goodness. The Father's faithfulness and the Son's constancy are made
very real to the spirit beings and the material creatures of the spheres by
the loving ministry and ceaseless service of the personalities of the
Infinite Spirit. 8:2.8 The Conjoint Creator inherits all the Father's beauty of thought and character of truth.
And these sublime traits of divinity are co-ordinated
in the near-supreme levels of the cosmic mind in subordination to the
infinite and eternal wisdom of the unconditioned and limitless mind of the
Third Source and Center. |
