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"the
spiritual experience (having realized God) demands that man find him
and sincerely strive to be like him." (68)
- "realize" = to
conceive as real.
"realized
God" = conceived God as real.
"find him"
= find him within ourselves.
"be like
him" = Jesus' life revealed God's nature.
"be like
God" = be like Jesus.
The Urantia
Papers on "spiritual experience."
"The entire
experience of Adjuster communion is one involving moral status,
mental motivation, and spiritual experience." (60)
"Consciousness
of divinity is a progressive spiritual experience." (140)
"Spirit-faith
(worship) is the religion of the reality of spiritual
experience." (192)
"While
religion is exclusively a personal spiritual experience--knowing God
as a Father--the corollary of this experience--knowing man as a
brother--entails the adjustment of self to other selves."
(1090)
"Spiritual
experience reveals to the individual the true values of life."
(1098)
"In the
spiritual experience of all personalities, always is it true that
the real is the good and the good is the real." (1122)
"The kingdom
of heaven is a spiritual experience having to do with the
enthronement of God in the hearts of men." (1535)
"Religion
(true) is the exclusively spiritual experience of the evolving
immortal soul of the God-knowing man." (1759)
"God who is
spirit can be known only as a spiritual experience." (1857)
The unity of
truth, beauty and goodness can only be realized in the spiritual
experience of the God-knowing personality." (2095) |