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=[|THE PRESENCE OF GOD]=

Urantia Book [|Paper 5]:[|2. THE PRESENCE OF GOD]
5:2.1 The [|physical] [|presence] of the [|Infinite] is the [|reality] of the [|material universe]. The [|mind] presence of Deity must be determined by the depth of [|individual] [|intellectual] [|experience] and by the evolutionary [|personality] level. The spiritual presence of [|Divinity] must of [|necessity] be [|differential] in the universe. It is determined by the spiritual capacity of [|receptivity] and by the [|degree] of the [|consecration] of the [|creature]'s will [|to the doing of the divine will]. 5:2.2 God lives in every one of his [|spirit-born sons]. The [|Paradise Sons] always have access to the presence of God, "the right hand of the Father,"[|[4]] and all of his creature personalities have access to the "bosom of the Father."[|[5]] This refers to the [|personality] [|circuit], whenever, wherever, and however contacted, or otherwise entails [|personal], self-conscious contact and [|communion] with the [|Universal Father], whether at the [|central abode] or at some other designated place, as on one of the [|seven sacred spheres of Paradise]. 5:2.3 The [|divine] [|presence] cannot, however, be [|discovered] anywhere in [|nature] or even in the lives of God-knowing [|mortals] so fully and so certainly as in your attempted [|communion] with the indwelling Mystery Monitor, the [|Paradise] [|Thought Adjuster]. What a mistake to [|dream] of God far off in the skies when the spirit of the [|Universal Father] lives within your own mind! 5:2.4 It is because of this [|God] [|fragment] that indwells you that you can [|hope], as you [|progress] in [|harmonizing] with the Adjuster's spiritual leadings, more fully to [|discern] the presence and [|transforming] [|power] of those other spiritual [|influences] that [|surround] you and [|impinge] upon you but do not [|function] as an integral part of you. The [|fact] that you are not intellectually [|conscious] of close and [|intimate] contact with the [|indwelling Adjuster] does not in the least [|disprove] such an exalted [|experience]. The [|proof] of [|fraternity] with the divine Adjuster consists wholly in the [|nature] and [|extent] of the [|fruits of the spirit] which are yielded in the life [|experience] of the [|individual] believer. "By their fruits you shall know them."[|[6]] 5:2.5 It is exceedingly difficult for the meagerly spiritualized, [|material] [|mind] of [|mortal] man to experience marked [|consciousness] of the [|spirit] activities of such divine [|entities] as the [|Paradise] [|Adjusters]. As the [|soul] of [|joint mind and Adjuster] [|creation] becomes increasingly [|existent], there also evolves a new [|phase] of [|soul consciousness] which is capable of experiencing the presence, and of recognizing the spirit leadings and other supermaterial [|activities], of the Mystery Monitors. 5:2.6 The entire [|experience] of [|Adjuster] [|communion] is one involving [|moral] [|status], mental [|motivation], and spiritual experience. The [|self-realization] of such an achievement is mainly, though not exclusively, limited to the realms of [|soul consciousness], but the [|proofs] are forthcoming and abundant in the [|manifestation] of the [|fruits of the spirit] in the lives of all such [|inner-spirit] contactors

==Urantia Book [|Paper 8]: [|5. THE PRESENCE OF GOD] ==

8:5.1 The outstanding [|attribute] of the Infinite Spirit is [|omnipresence]. Throughout all the [|universe of universes] there is everywhere present this all-pervading [|spirit], which is so akin to the [|presence] of a [|universal] and [|divine] [|mind]. Both the Second Person and the Third Person of Deity are represented on all worlds by their ever-present spirits. 8:5.2 The Father is infinite and is therefore limited only by [|volition]. In the bestowal of [|Adjusters] and in the encircuitment of [|personality], the Father [|acts] alone, but in the contact of spirit forces with intelligent beings, he utilizes the spirits and personalities of the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit. He is at will spiritually present equally with the Son or with the Conjoint Actor; he is present with the Son and in the Spirit. The Father is most certainly everywhere present, and we [|discern] his [|presence] by and through any and all of these diverse but associated [|forces], [|influences], and [|presences]. 8:5.3 In your [|sacred] [|writings] the term Spirit of God seems to be used interchangeably to designate both the Infinite Spirit on [|Paradise] and the [|Creative Spirit] of your [|local universe]. The [|Holy Spirit] is the spiritual [|circuit] of this [|Creative Daughter] of the [|Paradise] Infinite Spirit. The [|Holy Spirit] is a [|circuit] indigenous to each [|local universe] and is confined to the spiritual realm of that [|creation]; but the Infinite Spirit is [|omnipresent]. 8:5.4 There are many [|spiritual] [|influences], and they are all as one. Even the work of the [|Thought Adjusters], though independent of all other influences, unvaryingly coincides with the spirit ministry of the combined influences of the Infinite Spirit and a local universe [|Mother Spirit]. As these spiritual presences operate in the lives of [|Urantians], they cannot be segregated. In your minds and upon your [|souls] they [|function] as one [|spirit], notwithstanding their [|diverse] [|origins]. And as this united spiritual ministration is experienced, it becomes to you the influence of [|the Supreme], "who is ever able to keep you from failing and to present you blameless before your Father on high."[|[11]] 8:5.5 Ever [|remember] that the Infinite Spirit is the Conjoint Actor; both [|the Father] and [|the Son] are [|functioning] in and through him; he is present not only as himself but also as the Father and as the Son and as the Father-Son. In recognition of this and for many additional reasons the spirit presence of the Infinite Spirit is often referred to as "the spirit of God."[|[12]][|[13]] 8:5.6 It would also be consistent to refer to the [|liaison] of all spiritual ministry as the spirit of God, for such a liaison is truly the [|union] of the spirits of [|God the Father], [|God the Son], //God the Spirit//, and [|God the Sevenfold]—even the spirit of God [|the Supreme].