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== Urantia Text [|PAPER 14]: [|THE CENTRAL AND DIVINE UNIVERSE] ==

14:0.1 The [|perfect] and [|divine] universe occupies the [|center] of all [|creation]; it is the [|eternal] core around which the vast creations of [|time and space] revolve. Paradise is the gigantic [|nuclear] Isle of [|absolute] [|stability] which rests motionless at the very [|heart] of the [|magnificent] eternal universe. This central [|planetary] [|family] is called Havona and is far-distant from the [|local universe] of [|Nebadon]. It is of enormous [|dimensions] and almost unbelievable [|mass] and consists of one billion [|spheres] of unimagined [|beauty] and superb grandeur, but the true [|magnitude] of this vast creation is really beyond the [|understanding] grasp of the [|human] [|mind]. 14:0.2 This is the one and only settled, [|perfect], and established [|aggregation] of worlds. This is a wholly created and perfect universe; it is not an [|evolutionary] [|development]. This is the eternal core of [|perfection], about which swirls that endless procession of [|universes] which [|constitute] the tremendous evolutionary [|experiment], the audacious [|adventure] of the [|Creator Sons] of God, who [|aspire] to duplicate in [|time] and to reproduce in [|space] the [|pattern] universe, the [|ideal] of divine completeness, [|supreme] finality, [|ultimate] [|reality], and [|eternal] perfection.

§4[|. HAVONA - YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW]
A study of Havona, in relation to the universe ages, falls conveniently into four divisions:§4-A. Havona in the First Age (See also [|Appendix I, §1; The First Universe Age])§4-B. Havona in the Second Age§4-C. Havona in the Post-Supreme Ages§4-D. Havona in the Post-Ultimate Age We will, accordingly, examine the central universe from these four perspectives: as it was, as it is, as it will be, and as it will be in the remote future. 

§4-A. HAVONA IN THE FIRST AGE
(1163, 12) There were no evolutionary changes in Havona during the first universe age.(1294, 13) Havona was a "perfect but perfection-limited creation."(1280, 3-4) Concerning the growth status of creatures: a contrast is made between non-growing (stationary) beings whose growth status is as of the First Age, and others, who do grow and whose status is as of the Second Age. Before the creation of the superuniverses the Power Centers were not required in Havona. (321, 4)

§4-B. HAVONA IN THE SECOND AGE
The Havona of today is not the Havona of yesterday: the spirit person of the Supreme appeared, the organization of the superuniverses produced changes, Grandfanda's arrival produced still more changes. The unification of almighty power and the spirit person of the Supreme began to take place on the pilot world of the outer circuit. (641, 4) (222, 5) First-Age Havona differs from Havona today.(1163, 12) Being co-ordinated with the evolutionary superuniverses, Havona, itself, is undergoing certain changes. (296, 5) Certain Paradise Citizens used to act as first executive assistants to the Eternals of Days; since the arrival of Grandfanda, they have had the oversight of the creature-trinitized sons on the inner Havona circuit. ([|271, 6]) The Graduate Guides made their first appearance. ([|287, 6]) Secondary Supernaphim began to be created. ([|291, 1]) Paradise Citizens began their pilgrimage, outward through Havona, when Grandfanda landed on the pilot world of the outer circuit.(1294, 13) Havona perfection is self-limiting. When Havona is associated with the superuniverses it can escape the limitations imposed by pre-evolutionary perfection.
 * **Deduction**: The Second Age introduced evolutionary growth into Havona. ([|321, 4]) Power Centers were stationed in Havona in the Second Age. ([|287, 5]) The Circuit Spirits appeared after the original creation of Havona, but were not discovered in function until the superuniverses were organized.
 * **Proposition**: Grandfanda's arrival inaugurated many changes in Havona.

§4-C. HAVONA IN THE POST-SUPREME AGES
The Havona of today is, to some extent, reflective of the needs of tomorrow. We can deduce some of these needs by an examination of certain citations: (222, 5) Even now, the central universe is undergoing certain slow changes in anticipation of the needs of the post-supreme ages. :(217, 8) There are one billion Universal Censors stationed in Havona; they are there in anticipation of the needs of future universe ages.(221, 7) Havona natives may sometime stop entering the corps of the finality. (156, 11-12) Besides finite creatures (of a material, morontial, and spiritual nature), Havona harbors beings that are classified as absonite and ultimate.(163, 3) Havona will be the final training universe when the superuniverses are providing intermediate instruction for the graduates of the schools of the outer universes. 
 * **Deduction**: The process, long continued, would deplete the population of the central universe. ([|222, 1-4]) In the post-supreme ages the population of Havona may change. It may include univitatia, Third-Age mortals, and outer space citizens.
 * **Deduction**: Havona will be functioning as an absonite training universe in the post-supreme ages.

§4-D. HAVONA IN THE POST-ULTIMATE AGE
This is a post master-universe age. This is the Final Age, the age of the conjectured Cosmos Infinite. What will be the relation of the central creation to the developments of this far-distant era? (160, 5) Certain activities in Havona are described as "Supreme-Ultimate evolutional."Deduction: Havona will still be a pattern universe of divine perfection in, and to, the master universe in the Final Age. We have deduced the Supreme-Ultimate is an association of Dual-Deity that is post-ultimate, and one which will function in the master universe. (251, 4)(156, 13-14) Besides finite and absonite creatures, Havona harbors beings that are classified as co-absolute and absolute.(163, 3) The opinion is expressed that the " . . . potentials of eternal Havona are really unlimited. . ." and this divine creation has the capacity to serve as a graduate school for any type of being that may ever appear. 

[|14:1. THE PARADISE-HAVONA SYSTEM]
14:1.1 From the [|periphery] of [|Paradise] to the inner borders of [|the seven superuniverses] there are the following seven space conditions and [|motions]: 14:1.2 The billion worlds of Havona are arranged in seven concentric circuits immediately surrounding the [|three circuits of Paradise] [|satellites]. There are upwards of thirty-five million worlds in the innermost Havona circuit and over two hundred and forty-five million in the outermost, with [|proportionate] [|numbers] intervening. Each circuit differs, but all are perfectly [|balanced] and exquisitely [|organized], and each is pervaded by a specialized [|representation] of the [|Infinite Spirit], one of the [|Seven Spirits of the Circuits]. In addition to other [|functions] this [|impersonal] Spirit co-ordinates the conduct of celestial affairs throughout each circuit. 14:1.3 The Havona [|planetary] [|circuits] are not [|superimposed]; their worlds follow each other in an orderly [|linear] [|procession]. The central universe whirls around the stationary [|Isle of Paradise] in one vast [|plane], consisting of ten concentric [|stabilized] [|units]—the three circuits of Paradise [|spheres] and the seven circuits of Havona worlds. Physically regarded, the Havona and the Paradise circuits are all one and the same [|system]; their separation is in recognition of functional and [|administrative] segregation. 14:1.4 [|Time] is not reckoned on Paradise; the [|sequence] of successive [|events] is [|inherent] in the [|concept] of those who are indigenous to the central Isle. But time is germane to the Havona circuits and to numerous [|beings] of both [|celestial] and [|terrestrial] [|origin] sojourning thereon. Each Havona world has its own local time, determined by its [|circuit]. All worlds in a given circuit have the same length of year since they [|uniformly] swing around Paradise, and the length of these planetary years decreases from the outermost to the innermost circuit. 14:1.5 Besides Havona-circuit time, there is the Paradise-Havona standard day and other time designations which are determined on, and are sent out from, the seven Paradise [|satellites] of the [|Infinite Spirit]. The Paradise-Havona standard day is based on the length of time required for the planetary abodes of the first or inner Havona circuit to complete one [|revolution] around the [|Isle of Paradise]; and though their [|velocity] is enormous, owing to their situation between the dark gravity bodies and gigantic Paradise, it requires almost one thousand years for these spheres to complete their circuit. You have unwittingly [|read] the [|truth] when your eyes rested on the [|statement] "A day is as a thousand years with God, as but a watch in the night."[|[1]] One Paradise-Havona day is just seven minutes, three and one-eighth seconds less than one thousand years of the present [|Urantia] leap-year [|calendar]. 14:1.6 This Paradise-Havona day is the [|standard] time [|measurement] for [|the seven superuniverses], although each maintains its own internal time standards. 14:1.7 On the outskirts of this vast central universe, far out beyond the seventh belt of Havona worlds, there swirl an unbelievable [|number] of enormous [|dark gravity] bodies. These multitudinous dark masses are quite unlike other space bodies in many particulars; even in [|form] they are very [|different]. These dark gravity bodies neither [|reflect] nor absorb [|light]; they are nonreactive to [|physical]-[|energy] light, and they so completely encircle and enshroud Havona as to hide it from the view of even near-by [|universes] of [|time and space]. 14:1.8 The great belt of dark gravity bodies is divided into two equal [|elliptical] [|circuits] by a [|unique] space intrusion. The inner belt revolves counterclockwise; the outer revolves clockwise. These alternate directions of [|motion], coupled with the extraordinary [|mass] of the dark bodies, so [|effectively] [|equalize] the lines of Havona [|gravity] as to render the central universe a physically [|balanced] and perfectly stabilized [|creation]. 14:1.9 The inner procession of dark gravity bodies is tubular in arrangement, consisting of three [|circular] groupings. A cross section of this circuit would exhibit three concentric circles of about [|equal] [|density]. The outer circuit of dark gravity bodies is arranged perpendicularly, being ten thousand times higher than the inner circuit. The up-and-down diameter of the outer circuit is fifty thousand times that of the transverse diameter. 14:1.10 The intervening space which exists between these two circuits of gravity bodies is unique in that nothing like it is to be found elsewhere in all the wide universe. This zone is characterized by enormous [|wave] [|movements] of an up-and-down [|nature] and is permeated by tremendous [|energy] activities of an [|unknown] order. 14:1.11 In our opinion, nothing like the dark gravity bodies of the central universe will characterize the future [|evolution] of the [|outer space] levels; we regard these alternate [|processions] of stupendous [|gravity]-balancing bodies as [|unique] in the [|master universe]. 
 * 1. The [|quiescent] midspace zones impinging on Paradise.
 * 2. The clockwise [|processional] of the three [|Paradise] and the seven Havona circuits.
 * 3. The semiquiet [|space] zone separating the Havona circuits from the [|dark gravity bodies] of the central universe.
 * 4. The inner, counterclockwise-moving belt of the dark gravity bodies].
 * 5. The second [|unique] space zone dividing the two space paths of the dark gravity bodies.
 * 6. The outer belt of dark gravity bodies, revolving clockwise around [|Paradise].
 * 7. A third space zone—a semiquiet zone—separating the outer belt of dark gravity bodies from the innermost circuits of [|the seven superuniverses].

[|14:2. CONSTITUTION OF HAVONA]
14:2.1 [|Spirit] [|beings] do not dwell in nebulous [|space]; they do not inhabit ethereal worlds; they are domiciled on actual [|spheres] of a [|material] [|nature], worlds just as real as those on which [|mortals] live. The Havona worlds are actual and [|literal], albeit their literal substance differs from the material [|organization] of the [|planets] of [|the seven superuniverses]. 14:2.2 The physical realities of Havona [|represent] an order of [|energy] organization [|radically] [|different] from any prevailing in the [|evolutionary] [|universes] of space. Havona energies are threefold; [|superuniverse] [|units] of [|energy]-[|matter] contain a twofold energy charge, although one form of energy exists in negative and positive [|phases]. The creation of the central universe is threefold ([|Trinity]); the creation of a local universe (directly) is twofold, by a [|Creator Son] and a [|Creative Spirit]. 14:2.3 The material of Havona consists of the organization of exactly one thousand basic chemical elements[|[2]] and the [|balanced] [|function] of the seven forms of Havona energy. Each of these basic energies [|manifests] seven [|phases] of excitation, so that the Havona natives respond to forty-nine differing sensation stimuli[|[3]]. In other [|words], viewed from a [|purely] [|physical] [|standpoint], the natives of the central universe possess forty-nine specialized forms of sensation. The [|morontia] [|senses] are seventy, and the higher spiritual orders of reaction response vary in [|different] [|types] of beings from seventy to two hundred and ten. 14:2.4 None of the physical [|beings] of the central universe would be [|visible] to Urantians. Neither would any of the physical stimuli of those faraway worlds excite a reaction in your gross sense organs. If a [|Urantia] [|mortal] could be transported to Havona, he would there be deaf, blind, and utterly lacking in all other sense [|reactions]; he could only [|function] as a limited self-conscious being deprived of all [|environmental] stimuli and all reactions thereto. 14:2.5 There are numerous physical [|phenomena] and spiritual reactions transpiring in the central creation which are [|unknown] on worlds such as Urantia. The basic [|organization] of a threefold creation is wholly unlike that of the twofold [|constitution] of the created universes of [|time and space]. 14:2.6 All [|natural law] is [|co-ordinated] on a basis entirely different than in the dual-energy [|systems] of the [|evolving creations]. The entire central universe is organized in accordance with the threefold system of perfect and [|symmetrical] [|control]. Throughout the whole [|Paradise-Havona system] there is maintained a [|perfect] [|balance] between all [|cosmic] realities and all [|spiritual] forces. [|Paradise], with an absolute grasp of material creation, perfectly regulates and maintains the physical energies of this central universe; the [|Eternal Son], as a part of his all-embracing spirit grasp, most perfectly sustains the spiritual [|status] of all who indwell Havona. On Paradise nothing is [|experimental], and the [|Paradise-Havona system] is a [|unit] of [|creative] [|perfection]. 14:2.7 The [|universal] [|spiritual gravity] of the [|Eternal Son] is amazingly active throughout the central universe. All spirit [|values] and spiritual [|personalities] are unceasingly drawn inward towards the [|abode] of the Gods. This Godward urge is [|intense] and inescapable. The [|ambition] to [|attain] God is stronger in the central universe, not because spirit gravity is stronger than in the outlying universes, but because those [|beings] who have attained Havona are more fully spiritualized and hence more [|responsive] to the ever-[|present] [|action] of the [|universal] [|spirit-gravity pull] of the Eternal Son. 14:2.8 Likewise does the [|Infinite Spirit] draw all [|intellectual] values Paradiseward. Throughout the central universe the [|mind gravity] of the [|Infinite Spirit] functions in [|liaison] with the spirit gravity of the Eternal Son, and these together [|constitute] the combined urge of the [|ascendant] [|souls] to find God, to [|attain] [|Deity], to achieve [|Paradise], and to know [|the Father]. 14:2.9 Havona is a spiritually perfect and physically stable universe. The [|control] and [|balanced] stability of the central universe appear to be [|perfect]. Everything physical or spiritual is perfectly [|predictable], but [|mind] [|phenomena] and [|personality] [|volition] are not. We do [|infer] that [|sin] can be reckoned as impossible of occurrence, but we do this on the ground that the native [|freewill] creatures of Havona have never been [|guilty] of transgressing the will of Deity. Through all eternity these [|supernal] [|beings] have been consistently [|loyal] to the [|Eternals of Days]. Neither has sin appeared in any creature who has entered Havona as a [|pilgrim]. There has never been an instance of misconduct by any [|creature] of any [|group] of personalities ever created in, or admitted to, the central Havona universe. So [|perfect] and so divine are the [|methods] and means of selection in the [|universes] of [|time] that never in the records of Havona has an error occurred; no mistakes have ever been made; no [|ascendant] [|soul] has ever been prematurely admitted to the central universe. 

[|14:3. THE HAVONA WORLDS]
14:3.1 Concerning the [|government] of the central universe, there is none. Havona is so exquisitely [|perfect] that no [|intellectual] [|system] of government is required. There are no regularly constituted [|courts], neither are there [|legislative] assemblies; Havona requires only [|administrative] direction. Here may be observed the height of the [|ideals] of true [|self -government]. 14:3.2 There is no need of government among such perfect and near-perfect [|intelligences]. They stand in no need of regulation, for they are [|beings] of native [|perfection] interspersed with [|evolutionary] [|creatures] who have long since passed the scrutiny of the [|supreme tribunals] of the [|superuniverses]. 14:3.3 The [|administration] of Havona is not [|automatic], but it is marvelously perfect and [|divinely] efficient. It is chiefly planetary and is vested in the resident [|Eternal of Days], each Havona sphere being directed by one of these [|Trinity-origin] personalities. Eternals of Days are not [|creators], but they are perfect administrators. They teach with supreme [|skill] and direct their [|planetary] [|children] with a [|perfection] of [|wisdom] bordering on [|absoluteness]. 14:3.4 The billion spheres of the central universe constitute the [|training] worlds of the high personalities native to Paradise and Havona and further serve as the final [|proving] grounds for [|ascending creatures] from the evolutionary worlds of time. In the [|execution] of the [|Universal Father]' s great plan of creature ascension the pilgrims of time are landed on the receiving worlds of the outer or seventh circuit, and subsequent to increased training and enlarged [|experience], they are [|progressively] advanced inward, planet by planet and circle by circle, until they finally attain the [|Deities] and achieve residence on [|Paradise]. 14:3.5 At present, although the [|spheres] of the seven circuits are maintained in all their [|supernal] [|glory], only about one per cent of all planetary [|capacity] is utilized in the [|work] of furthering the Father's universal plan of [|mortal ascension]. About one tenth of one per cent of the area of these enormous worlds is dedicated to the life and activities of the [|Corps of the Finality], beings eternally settled in [|light and life] who often [|sojourn] and [|minister] on the Havona worlds. These exalted beings have their personal residences on Paradise. 14:3.6 The planetary construction of the Havona spheres is entirely unlike that of the [|evolutionary worlds] and [|systems of space]. Nowhere else in all the [|grand universe] is it convenient to utilize such enormous spheres as inhabited worlds. //Triata// physical constitution, coupled with the balancing effect of the immense [|dark gravity] bodies, makes it possible so perfectly to equalize the physical forces and so exquisitely to [|balance] the various attractions of this tremendous [|creation]. [|Antigravity] is also employed in the [|organization] of the material functions and the spiritual activities of these enormous worlds. 14:3.7 The [|architecture], lighting, and heating, as well as the [|biologic] and [|artistic] embellishment, of the Havona spheres, are quite beyond the greatest possible stretch of [|human] [|imagination]. You cannot be told much about Havona; to understand its [|beauty] and grandeur you must see it. But there are real rivers and lakes on these perfect worlds. 14:3.8 Spiritually these worlds are ideally appointed; they are fittingly adapted to their [|purpose] of harboring the numerous orders of differing [|beings] who function in the central universe. Manifold activities take place on these beautiful worlds which are far beyond human [|comprehension]. 

[|14:4. CREATURES OF THE CENTRAL UNIVERSE]
14:4.1 There are seven basic forms of living [|things] and [|beings] on the Havona worlds, and each of these basic [|forms] exists in three distinct [|phases]. Each of these three phases is divided into seventy major divisions, and each major division is composed of one thousand minor divisions, with yet other subdivisions, and so on. These basic life groups might be classified as: 14:4.2 Decay and [|death] are not a part of the [|cycle] of life on the Havona worlds. In the central universe the lower living [|things] undergo the transmutation of [|materialization]. They do change form and [|manifestation], but they do not resolve by [|process] of decay and [|cellular] death. 14:4.3 The Havona natives are all the [|offspring] of the [|Paradise Trinity]. They are without [|creature] [|parents], and they are nonreproducing beings. We cannot portray the creation of these citizens of the central universe, beings who never were created. The entire [|story] of the creation of Havona is an attempt to [|time-space] an [|eternity] [|fact] which has no [|relation] to [|time or space] as mortal man [|comprehends] them. But we must concede human [|philosophy] a [|point of origin]; even personalities far above the human level require a [|concept] of " beginnings. " Nevertheless, the [|Paradise-Havona system] is eternal. 14:4.4 The natives of Havona live on the billion [|spheres] of the central universe in the same sense that other orders of permanent [|citizenship] dwell on their respective spheres of [|nativity]. As the material order of sonship carries on the [|material], [|intellectual], and [|spiritual] [|economy] of a billion [|local systems] in a [|superuniverse], so, in a larger sense, do the Havona natives live and function on the billion worlds of the central universe. You might possibly regard these Havoners as material creatures in the sense that the word " material " could be expanded to describe the physical realities of the divine universe. 14:4.5 There is a life that is native to Havona and possesses significance in and of itself. Havoners [|minister] in many ways to [|Paradise] [|descenders] and to [|superuniverse] [|ascenders], but they also live lives that are [|unique] in the central universe and have [|relative] [|meaning] quite apart from either Paradise or the superuniverses. 14:4.6 As the [|worship] of the [|faith sons] of the evolutionary worlds ministers to the satisfaction of the [|Universal Father]' s [|love], so the exalted [|adoration] of the Havona creatures satiates the perfect [|ideals] of divine [|beauty] and [|truth]. As mortal man strives to [|do the will of God], these beings of the central universe live to gratify the [|ideals] of the [|Paradise Trinity]. In their very nature they are the will of God. Man rejoices in the [|goodness] of God, Havoners exult in the divine [|beauty], while you both enjoy the [|ministry] of the [|liberty] of living [|truth]. 14:4.7 Havoners have both optional [|present] and [|future] unrevealed destinies. And there is a [|progression] of native creatures that is peculiar to the central universe, a progression that involves neither ascent to Paradise nor penetration of the superuniverses. This progression to higher Havona [|status] may be suggested as follows: 14:4.8 In addition to the Havona natives, the inhabitants of the central universe [|embrace] numerous classes of [|pattern] [|beings] for various [|universe] [|groups]—advisers, directors, and teachers of their kind and to their kind throughout creation. All beings in all universes are fashioned along the lines of some one order of pattern creature living on some one of the billion worlds of Havona. Even the [|mortals] of [|time] have their goal and [|ideals] of [|creature] [|existence] on the outer circuits of these pattern [|spheres] on high. 14:4.9 Then there are those beings who have [|attained] the [|Universal Father], and who are entitled to go and come, who are assigned here and there in the [|universes] on missions of special [|service]. And on every Havona world will be found the attainment candidates, those who have physically attained the central universe, but who have not yet achieved that [|spiritual] [|development] which will enable them to claim [|Paradise residence]. 14:4.10 The [|Infinite Spirit] is represented on the Havona worlds by a host of personalities, beings of [|grace] and [|glory], who [|administer] the details of the intricate [|intellectual] and spiritual affairs of the central universe. On these worlds of divine [|perfection] they perform the [|work] indigenous to the [|normal] [|conduct] of this vast creation and, in addition, carry on the manifold tasks of [|teaching], [|training], and ministering to the enormous [|numbers] of ascendant creatures who have climbed to [|glory] from the [|dark worlds of space]. 14:4.11 There are numerous [|groups] of beings native to the [|Paradise-Havona system] that are in no way directly [|associated] with the [|ascension scheme] of [|creature] [|perfection] [|attainment]; therefore are they omitted from the personality classifications presented to the [|mortal] races. Only the major [|groups] of superhuman beings and those orders directly [|connected] with your [|survival] [|experience] are herein presented. 14:4.12 Havona teems with the life of all [|phases] of [|intelligent] [|beings], who there seek to advance from lower to higher circuits in their efforts to attain higher levels of [|divinity] [|realization] and enlarged [|appreciation] of supreme [|meanings], [|ultimate] [|values], and [|absolute] [|reality]. 
 * 1. [|Material].
 * 2. [|Morontial].
 * 3. [|Spiritual].
 * 4. [|Absonite].
 * 5. [|Ultimate].
 * 6. Coabsolute.
 * 7. [|Absolute].
 * 1. Experiential progress outward from the first to the seventh circuit.
 * 2. Progress inward from the seventh to the first circuit.
 * 3. Intracircuit progress—progression within the worlds of a given circuit.

[|14:5. LIFE IN HAVONA]
14:5.1 On [|Urantia] you pass through a short and [|intense] test during your initial life of [|material] [|existence]. On the [|mansion worlds] and up through your [|system], [|constellation], and [|local universe], you traverse the [|morontia] [|phases] of [|ascension]. On the [|training] worlds of the [|superuniverse] you pass through the true [|spirit] stages of [|progression] and are prepared for eventual transit to Havona. On the seven circuits of Havona your [|attainment] is [|intellectual], [|spiritual], and [|experiential]. And there is a definite task to be achieved on each of the worlds of each of these [|circuits]. 14:5.2 Life on the [|divine] worlds of the central universe is so rich and full, so complete and replete, that it wholly [|transcends] the [|human] [|concept] of anything a created being could possibly [|experience]. The social and [|economic] [|activities] of this eternal creation are entirely dissimilar to the [|occupations] of material creatures living on [|evolutionary worlds] like [|Urantia]. Even the [|technique] of Havona [|thought] is unlike the [|process] of [|thinking] on Urantia. 14:5.3 The regulations of the central universe are fittingly and [|inherently] [|natural]; the rules of [|conduct] are not [|arbitrary]. In every requirement of Havona there is disclosed the [|reason] of [|righteousness] and the rule of [|justice]. And these two factors, combined, equal what on Urantia would be denominated [|fairness]. When you arrive in Havona, you will naturally enjoy [|doing] [|things] the way they should be done. 14:5.4 When [|intelligent] [|beings] first attain the central universe, they are received and domiciled on the pilot world of the seventh Havona circuit. As the new arrivals progress spiritually, attain [|identity] [|comprehension] of their [|superuniverse] [|Master Spirit], they are transferred to the sixth circle. (It is from these arrangements in the central universe that the [|circles of progress] in the human mind have been designated.) After ascenders have attained a [|realization] of [|Supremacy] and are thereby prepared for the [|Deity] [|adventure], they are taken to the fifth circuit; and after attaining the [|Infinite Spirit], they are transferred to the fourth. Following the attainment of the [|Eternal Son], they are removed to the third; and when they have recognized the [|Universal Father], they go to sojourn on the second circuit of worlds, where they become more familiar with the [|Paradise] hosts. Arrival on the first circuit of Havona signifies the acceptance of the candidates of [|time] into the [|service] of [|Paradise]. Indefinitely, according to the length and nature of the [|creature] [|ascension], they will tarry on the inner circuit of progressive spiritual attainment. From this inner circuit the ascending pilgrims pass inward to [|Paradise residence] and admission to the [|Corps of the Finality]. 14:5.5 During your [|sojourn] in Havona as a [|pilgrim] of [|ascent], you will be allowed to visit freely among the worlds of the circuit of your assignment. You will also be permitted to go back to the [|planets] of those circuits you have previously traversed. And all this is possible to those who sojourn on the circles of Havona without the [|necessity] of being [|ensupernaphimed]. The pilgrims of time are able to equip themselves to traverse "achieved" space but must depend on the ordained [|technique] to negotiate "unachieved" [|space]; a pilgrim cannot leave Havona nor go forward beyond his assigned circuit without the aid of a [|transport supernaphim]. 14:5.6 There is a refreshing [|originality] about this vast central creation. Aside from the [|physical] [|organization] of [|matter] and the [|fundamental] [|constitution] of the basic orders of intelligent [|beings] and other living [|things], there is nothing in common between the worlds of Havona. Every one of these [|planets] is an [|original], [|unique], and exclusive creation; each planet is a matchless, superb, and [|perfect] production. And this [|diversity] of [|individuality] extends to all [|features] of the [|physical], [|intellectual], and [|spiritual] aspects of planetary [|existence]. Each of these billion perfection spheres has been developed and embellished in accordance with the plans of the resident [|Eternal of Days]. And this is just why no two of them are alike. 14:5.7 Not until you traverse the last of the Havona circuits and visit the last of the Havona worlds, will the tonic of [|adventure] and the stimulus of [|curiosity] disappear from your career. And then will the urge, the forward impulse of [|eternity], replace its forerunner, the adventure lure of [|time]. 14:5.8 Monotony is indicative of immaturity of the [|creative] [|imagination] and inactivity of [|intellectual] [|co-ordination] with the spiritual endowment. By the time an ascendant mortal begins the exploration of these heavenly worlds, he has already attained [|emotional], intellectual, and social, if not spiritual, [|maturity]. 14:5.9 Not only will you find undreamed-of [|changes] confronting you as you advance from circuit to circuit in Havona, but your astonishment will be inexpressible as you [|progress] from [|planet] to planet within each circuit. Each of these billion [|study] worlds is a veritable [|university] of [|surprises]. Continuing astonishment, unending [|wonder], is the [|experience] of those who traverse these circuits and tour these gigantic [|spheres]. Monotony is not a part of the Havona career. 14:5.10 [|Love] of adventure, curiosity, and dread of monotony—these traits [|inherent] in evolving [|human] [|nature]—were not put there just to aggravate and annoy you during your short sojourn on [|earth], but rather to suggest to you that [|death] is only the beginning of an [|endless career] of adventure, an everlasting life of anticipation, an eternal voyage of [|discovery]. 14:5.11 [|Curiosity]—the [|spirit] of [|investigation], the urge of [|discovery], the drive of exploration—is a part of the inborn and divine endowment of evolutionary [|space] [|creatures]. These natural impulses were not given you merely to be frustrated and repressed. True, these [|ambitious] urges must frequently be restrained during your short life on earth, disappointment must be often experienced, but they are to be fully [|realized] and [|gloriously] gratified during the long ages to come.

 ==A Study of the Master Universe ; [|Appendix VI: Total Deity in the Universe Ages][|§3. PARADOXES IN THE STATUS OF HAVONA] ==

A careful study of the status of the central and eternal universe discloses more than one paradox. Havona appears to be the perfect universe that was "created" by the Paradise Trinity, but we are instructed that it never was actually created! (91,7); (1160,1) We would suggest that the "creation" of Havona is an eternity-action and that such an eternity-event is really pre-creative. If this is a valid line of reasoning, then there are two ways of regarding Havona: (a) Pre-Creative Havona. This is the concept of the central and divine universe in pre-time, past-eternity. This is Havona in the First Universe Age - an isolated existence so far as external creations are concerned. It has relationships pointing inward toward Paradise but no external relationships, because there is nothing external to it. (See Appendix 1, §1; The First Universe Age, and [|Appendix IV], §4-A; Havona in the First Age )(b) Post-Creative Havona. This is the concept of the central universe in the post-Havona ages, the concept of Havona today as it is related to the encircling superuniverses. This is the central universe after the dawn of the Second Age, after the emergence in Havona of such time-origin beings as the Supreme and the Ultimate, and after the further appearance of such created beings as: the Circuit Spirits, the Havona Power Centers, Secondary Supernaphim, and Havona Servitals. Much factual (time-oriented) creation has taken place. From a functional standpoint, in the Second Age, Havona functions exactly like a created universe - it functions like the pattern universe that was created in divine perfection. (See Appendix IV, §4-B; Havona in the Second Age ) So far, we have traced the unfolding of existential deity through static, potential, and associative levels, and Paradise Deity certainly did function on all of these in the First Universe Age. Does existential deity penetrate any of the remaining four levels in this age? As concerns the creative level, we know that nothing was "created" in the First Age; if such a level existed then it was entirely dormant and should therefore be included in the potential level. We know that Havona was non-evolutional in the First Universe Age (1163,12), so we may be sure that the evolutional level was also an unexpressed potential in this age. Total Deity was either non-functional or else was pre-functional on this level. But how about the levels of the supreme (maximum finite), and the ultimate (maximum transcendental)? Here we cannot be so sure, because the eternal creation appears to contain both finite and transcendental realities: (1162,4) Certain phases of Havona existence appear to be on the order of maximum finites.(1162,5) Much of Paradise-Havona appears to be on the order of transcendental existences.(1162,6) The Paradise-Havona system is, in many ways, on the order of ultimate significance.(156,8-14) Havona life (in the present age) is defined as extending from material through morontial and spiritual to absonite, ultimate, coabsolute, and absolute.(1160,1) Havona is not absolute, neither is it finite. Its natives never were created. Like a transcendental reality it intervenes between the superuniverses which are finite, and Paradise which is absolute. But Havona is not a transcendental reality; Havona is simply Havona! These citations from the Papers clearly indicate that subabsolute reality was a part of the original and eternal central universe. This should not surprise us too much because Havona is, after all, a "pattern universe," and the original and eternal universe must have provided the pattern of divine perfection for all subsequent universes - finite and transcendental included. This presence of finites and transcendentals (and ultimates) in original Havona means that the Paradise Trinity was functional on subabsolute levels of reality in the First Universe Age. But these subabsolute levels are not levels that are creative, evolutional, supreme, or ultimate, in the sense that such are functional in the present age of the power-personalization of the Supreme, and in the slow emergence of the Ultimate that is projected for the future ages. 



[|14:6. THE PURPOSE OF THE CENTRAL UNIVERSE]
14:6.1 The range of the activities of seven-circuited Havona is enormous. In general, they may be described as: 14:6.2 Many [|superfinite] activities take place in the Havona of the [|present] universe age, involving untold diversities of absonite and other [|phases] of [|mind] and [|spirit] [|functions]. It is possible that the central universe serves many [|purposes] which are not revealed to me, as it functions in numerous ways beyond the [|comprehension] of the created mind. Nevertheless, I will endeavor to depict how this perfect creation ministers to the needs and contributes to the [|satisfactions] of seven orders of universe intelligence. 14:6.3 1. The [|Universal Father] —the [|First Source and Center]. God the Father derives [|supreme] [|parental] satisfaction from the perfection of the central creation. He enjoys the [|experience] of [|love] satiety on near-[|equality] levels. The perfect Creator is divinely pleased with the [|adoration] of the perfect [|creature]. 14:6.4 Havona affords the Father supreme achievement gratification. The [|perfection] [|realization] in Havona compensates for the [|time-space] delay of the eternal urge of infinite expansion. 14:6.5 The [|Father] enjoys the Havona [|reciprocation] of the divine [|beauty]. It satisfies the divine mind to afford a perfect [|pattern] of exquisite [|harmony] for all evolving universes. 14:6.6 Our Father beholds the central universe with perfect [|pleasure] because it is a [|worthy] [|revelation] of [|spirit] [|reality] to all personalities of the [|universe of universes]. 14:6.7 The [|God] of [|universes] has favorable regard for Havona and [|Paradise] as the eternal [|power] [|nucleus] for all subsequent universe expansion in [|time and space]. 14:6.8 The eternal Father views with never-ending satisfaction the Havona creation as the [|worthy] and alluring goal for the [|ascension] candidates of time, his [|mortal] grandchildren of [|space] achieving their Creator-Father's eternal [|home]. And God takes pleasure in the [|Paradise-Havona universe] as the eternal [|home] of [|Deity] and the divine [|family]. 14:6.9 2. The [|Eternal Son] —the Second Source and Center. To the Eternal Son the superb central creation affords eternal [|proof] of the [|partnership] [|effectiveness] of the [|divine] [|family]—Father, Son, and Spirit. It is the spiritual and material basis for [|absolute] [|confidence] in the Universal Father. 14:6.10 Havona affords the Eternal Son an almost unlimited base for the ever-expanding [|realization] of [|spirit] [|power]. The central universe afforded the Eternal Son the arena wherein he could safely and securely [|demonstrate] the spirit and [|technique] of the [|bestowal ministry] for the instruction of his associate [|Paradise Sons]. 14:6.11 Havona is the [|reality] [|foundation] for the Eternal Son's [|spirit-gravity] [|control] of the [|universe of universes]. This universe affords the Son the gratification of parental craving, spiritual reproduction. 14:6.12 The Havona worlds and their perfect inhabitants are the first and the eternally final [|demonstration] that the Son is the [|Word] of [|the Father]. Thereby is the [|consciousness] of the Son as an infinite [|complement] of the Father perfectly gratified. 14:6.13 And this universe affords the [|opportunity] for the [|realization] of [|reciprocation] of [|equality] fraternity between the Universal Father and the Eternal Son, and this [|constitutes] the everlasting [|proof] of the infinite personality of each. 14:6.14 3. [|The Infinite Spirit] —the Third Source and Center. The Havona universe affords the Infinite Spirit [|proof] of being the Conjoint Actor, the infinite [|representative] of the unified Father-Son. In Havona the Infinite Spirit derives the combined satisfaction of [|functioning] as a [|creative] activity while enjoying the satisfaction of absolute coexistence with this divine achievement. 14:6.15 In Havona the Infinite Spirit found an arena wherein he could [|demonstrate] the ability and willingness to serve as a [|potential] [|mercy] minister. In this perfect creation the Spirit [|rehearsed] for the [|adventure] of ministry in the evolutionary universes. 14:6.16 This perfect creation afforded the Infinite Spirit opportunity to [|participate] in universe [|administration] with both divine [|parents]—to administer a universe as associate-Creator [|offspring], thereby preparing for the joint administration of the [|local universes] as the [|Creative Spirit] associates of the [|Creator Sons]. 14:6.17 The Havona worlds are the [|mind] laboratory of the creators of the [|cosmic mind] and the ministers to every [|creature] mind in [|existence]. Mind is different on each Havona world and serves as the pattern for all spiritual and material creature [|intellects]. 14:6.18 These perfect worlds are the mind [|graduate schools] for all beings [|destined] for [|Paradise] [|society]. They afforded the Spirit abundant opportunity to test out the [|technique] of mind ministry on safe and advisory personalities. 14:6.19 Havona is a compensation to the Infinite Spirit for his widespread and unselfish work in the [|universes] of [|space]. Havona is the perfect [|home] and [|retreat] for the untiring Mind Minister of [|time and space]. 14:6.20 4. [|The Supreme Being] —the evolutionary [|unification] of experiential Deity. The Havona creation is the eternal and perfect [|proof] of the spiritual [|reality] of the Supreme Being. This perfect creation is a [|revelation] of the perfect and [|symmetrical] spirit nature of [|God the Supreme] before the beginnings of the [|power]-[|personality] [|synthesis] of the [|finite] [|reflections] of the Paradise Deities in the experiential universes of [|time and space]. 14:6.21 In Havona the power potentials of the [|Almighty] are unified with the spiritual nature of [|the Supreme]. This central creation is an exemplification of the future-eternal [|unity] of the [|Supreme]. 14:6.22 Havona is a perfect [|pattern] of the [|universality] [|potential] of [|the Supreme]. This universe is a finished portrayal of the [|future] [|perfection] of the Supreme and is suggestive of the [|potential] of the [|Ultimate]. 14:6.23 Havona exhibits finality of [|spirit] [|values] existing as living [|will] [|creatures] of supreme and perfect [|self-control]; [|mind] existing as ultimately [|equivalent] to [|spirit]; [|reality] and unity of [|intelligence] with an unlimited potential. 14:6.24 5. The Co-ordinate [|Creator Sons]. Havona is the [|educational] [|training] ground where the [|Paradise Michaels] are [|prepared] for their subsequent [|adventures] in [|universe] creation. This divine and perfect creation is a pattern for every [|Creator Son]. He strives to make his own universe eventually [|attain] to these Paradise-Havona levels of perfection. 14:6.25 A Creator Son uses the [|creatures] of Havona as personality-[|pattern] [|possibilities] for his own [|mortal] [|children] and spirit beings. The Michael and other [|Paradise Sons] view Paradise and Havona as the divine [|destiny] of the [|children] of [|time]. 14:6.26 The Creator Sons know that the central creation is the real [|source] of that indispensable [|universe overcontrol] which stabilizes and unifies their [|local universes]. They know that the [|personal] [|presence] of the ever-present [|influence] of [|the Supreme] and of the [|Ultimate] is in Havona. 14:6.27 Havona and Paradise are the source of a Michael Son's [|creative] [|power]. Here dwell the beings who [|co-operate] with him in universe creation. From Paradise come the [|Universe Mother Spirits], the cocreators of [|local universes]. 14:6.28 The [|Paradise Sons] regard the central creation as the [|home] of their divine [|parents]—their home. It is the place they enjoy returning to ever and anon. 14:6.29 6. The [|Co-ordinate Ministering Daughters]. The Universe [|Mother Spirits], cocreators of the local universes, secure their prepersonal [|training] on the worlds of Havona in close [|association] with the [|Spirits of the Circuits]. In the central universe the Spirit Daughters of the local universes were duly trained in the [|methods] of [|co-operation] with the Sons of Paradise, all the while subject to the will of the Father. 14:6.30 On the worlds of Havona [|the Spirit] and the Daughters of the Spirit find the [|mind] [|patterns] for all their groups of spiritual and material [|intelligences], and this central universe is the sometime [|destiny] of those creatures which a [|Universe Mother Spirit] jointly sponsors with an associated [|Creator Son]. 14:6.31 The Universe Mother Creator remembers Paradise and Havona as the place of her [|origin] and the [|home] of the [|Infinite Mother Spirit], the abode of the personality presence of the [|Infinite Mind]. 14:6.32 From this central universe also came the bestowal of the personal prerogatives of creatorship which a Universe Divine Minister employs as [|complemental] to a Creator Son in the [|work] of creating living [|will] [|creatures]. 14:6.33 And lastly, since these Daughter Spirits of the Infinite Mother Spirit will not likely ever return to their Paradise home, they derive great satisfaction from the [|universal reflectivity] [|phenomenon] associated with the [|Supreme Being] in Havona and [|personalized] in [|Majeston] on [|Paradise]. 14:6.34 7. The Evolutionary [|Mortals] of the [|Ascending Career]. Havona is the [|home] of the [|pattern] [|personality] of every mortal [|type] and the home of all superhuman personalities of mortal association who are not native to the creations of time. 14:6.35 These worlds provide the stimulus of all human impulses towards the [|attainment] of true [|spirit] [|values] on the highest conceivable [|reality] [|levels]. Havona is the pre-Paradise [|training] goal of every [|ascending] [|mortal]. Here mortals attain pre-Paradise Deity—[|the Supreme Being]. Havona stands before every will creature as the [|portal] to Paradise and [|God] [|attainment]. 14:6.36 [|Paradise] is the [|home], and Havona the workshop and playground, of the [|finaliters]. And every God-knowing mortal craves to be a finaliter. 14:6.37 The central universe is not only man's established [|destiny], but it is also the starting place of the eternal career of the finaliters as they shall sometime be [|started out on the undisclosed and universal adventure] in the [|experience] of [|exploring] the [|infinity] of the [|Universal Father]. 14:6.38 Havona will unquestionably continue to [|function] with absonite significance even in [|future] universe ages which may witness [|space] [|pilgrims] attempting to find [|God] on [|superfinite levels]. Havona has capacity to serve as a [|training] universe for [|absonite] beings. It will probably be the finishing school when the seven superuniverses are functioning as the intermediate school for the graduates of the primary schools of [|outer space]. And we incline to the opinion that the [|potentials] of eternal Havona are really unlimited, that the central universe has eternal capacity to serve as an experiential training universe for all [|past], present, or [|future] [|types of created beings]. 14:6.39 Presented by a [|Perfector of Wisdom] commissioned thus to [|function] by the [|Ancients of Days] on [|Uversa].
 * 1. Havonal.
 * 2. [|Paradisiacal].
 * 3. [|Ascendant]-[|finite]—[|Supreme-Ultimate] evolutional.

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