The benefits of reading the Urantia Book

[Amigoo]

Re: 1point913 CC design
"Squared circle geometry that speaks for itself"
… and asks “Whence transcendental Pi?”

Regarding this Paradise Trinity Day's discussion about Taoism:
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=17885&start=2925#p196743

... and related commentary in the Urantia Papers:
http://www.theub.org/part-iii.html#P094_5

"As the Salem missionaries passed through Asia, spreading the doctrine of the Most High God and salvation through faith, they absorbed much of the philosophy and religious thought of the various countries traversed. But the teachers commissioned by Melchizedek and his successors did not default in their trust; they did penetrate to all peoples of the Eurasian continent, and it was in the middle of the second millennium before Christ that they arrived in China. At See Fuch, for more than one hundred years, the Salemites maintained their headquarters, there training Chinese teachers who taught throughout all the domains of the yellow race." (94:5.1)

"It was in direct consequence of this teaching that the earliest form of Taoism arose in China, a vastly different religion than the one which bears that name today." (94:5.2)

"In the times of Singlangton the Chinese people became virtually monotheistic; they concentrated their worship on the One Truth, later known as the Spirit of Heaven, the universe ruler. And the yellow race never fully lost this early concept of Deity" (94:5.3)

Rod

[Amigoo]

Mighty morning musing ...

In the realm of spirit,
there exists knowingness greater than intellect
... even on 606 in Monmatia of Satania.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.thechristexperiment.org/vid ... revelation (12 min. video)
"take a longer walk and more comprehensive journey"

Commentary about Jesus' life as revealed in the Bible and conjecture that
a "new revelation" (the UB, Part IV) enhances what is known about Jesus.

Rod

[Sandy]

That was very well done...every word logical and true. The fourth section of the UBook definitely enhances the four gospels and allows you to feel as if you too are sitting at the Masters feet along side the apostles.
love,
Sandy

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.hpb.com/products/free-silve ... 1000000101

Inspiration for future UB advertising?
Create such a charm with a UB-related symbol/decoration for a key ring or bracelet.
A good design can become an "eye catcher" that inspires impromptu interaction.

The three concentric circles already exists as jewlery, but this charm says "book"
... and that concentric circles symbol is a protected trademark.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: http://www.theuniversalfather.org/urant ... ssary.html

The Urantia Book Glossary (English)

Tip: Save as Web Page Complete to use offline;
great for use with a UB PDF on a tablet computer.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://vimeo.com/149933193 (1 hr. 37 min.)
(recording of the performance at the 2014 summer conference
of The Urantia Book Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts)

The Story of Ruth "the youngest sibling of Jesus. Performed by a group of readers from Harvard Divinity School,
backed up by an orchestra and choir made up of volunteers who work in the music and theater worlds, this charming
performance provides humor, inspiration, a delightful twist on the Jesus story, and some great musical moments."


A storytelling musical presentation with readers seated on stage, performing their roles. Interestingly, the reading,
minimal acting, occasional music - all sans background scenery - quickly guide the viewer into listening to the story
(and music) more than observing the presenters.

Rod

[Sandy]

Thanks Rod,
This is definitely something I will watch and enjoy a little later. I have always loved Ruth, whose support and belief in the work of her eldest brother never wavered.
xxSandy

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076J5WXYL/re ... k_detail_4

"Portable Mini Projector, Multimedia Home Theater Video Projectors
Support 1080P Laptop iPhone Andriod Amazon Fire TV Stick DVD via HDMI USB VGA AV"

Even if most UB readers prefer printed text, economical mini projectors
have great use in study groups for projection of UB study aids, etc.
Also, consider the comments in these 94 5-star reviews

Impromptu, multi-media UB discussions wherever!

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: "Portable Mini Projector, Multimedia Home Theater Video Projectors
Support 1080P Laptop iPhone Andriod Amazon Fire TV Stick DVD via HDMI USB VGA AV"

After a first test, I would say ... "You get what you pay for",
but a good trainer for deciding how you might use a projector!

Tip: Fan noise should be minimal in quality projectors.
(but long projection would keep projector further away
... and the remote control could be used)

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/03/ ... -time.html

"All the evidence seems to indicate, that the universe has not existed forever, but that it had a beginning, about 15 billion years ago"

Actually, 15 + 860 billion years ago, our "local universe" (Nebadon) was created,
beginning with the Andronover Nebula:

The Urantia Book, Paper 57 - The Origin of Urantia
1. The Andronover Nebula

"875,000,000,000 years ago the enormous Andronover nebula number 876,926 was duly initiated. Only the presence of the force organizer and the liaison staff was required to inaugurate the energy whirl which eventually grew into this vast cyclone of space. Subsequent to the initiation of such nebular revolutions, the living force organizers simply withdraw at right angles to the plane of the revolutionary disk, and from that time forward, the inherent qualities of energy insure the progressive and orderly evolution of such a new physical system." (57:1.6)

"200,000,000,000 years ago witnessed the progression of contraction and condensation with enormous heat generation in the Andronover central cluster, or nuclear mass. Relative space appeared even in the regions near the central mother-sun wheel. The outer regions were becoming more stabilized and better organized; some planets revolving around the newborn suns had cooled sufficiently to be suitable for life implantation. The oldest inhabited planets of Nebadon date from these times." (57:3.10)

Rod

[Amigoo]

More billions of astronomical stuff ...

"The Satania system of inhabited worlds is far removed from Uversa and that great sun cluster which functions as the physical or astronomic center of the seventh superuniverse. From Jerusem, the headquarters of Satania, it is over two hundred thousand light-years to the physical center of the superuniverse of Orvonton, far, far away in the dense diameter of the Milky Way. Satania is on the periphery of the local universe, and Nebadon is now well out towards the edge of Orvonton. From the outermost system of inhabited worlds to the center of the superuniverse is a trifle less than two hundred and fifty thousand light-years." (32:2.11)

"One or more — even many — such nebulae may be encompassed within the domain of a single local universe even as Nebadon was physically assembled out of the stellar and planetary progeny of Andronover and other nebulae. The spheres of Nebadon are of diverse nebular ancestry, but they all had a certain minimum commonness of space motion which was so adjusted by the intelligent efforts of the power directors as to produce our present aggregation of space bodies, which travel along together as a contiguous unit over the orbits of the superuniverse." (41:0.3)


Regarding current astronomy: http://www.differencebetween.net/scienc ... nd-galaxy/

"The size of a galaxy is generally many magnitudes higher than the size of a nebula. Secondly, a nebula is present inside a galaxy. A galaxy however cannot be contained within a nebula."

However, since the UB Papers explain that the Milky Way galaxy was created from Andronover and other nebulae, "galaxy cannot be contained within a nebula" suggests that earth's astronomers need enlarged perspective about nebulae ... and/or that evidence of a nebula disappears once a galaxy is created from it/them (re: "energy whirl" ).

UB References:
http://www.theub.org/part-ii.html#P032_2_11
http://www.theub.org/part-ii.html#P041_0_3
http://www.theub.org/part-iii.html#P057_1_6
http://www.theub.org/part-iii.html#P057_3_10

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelp ... s-20180308

"KLANG is conceptually divided into three sections: (Google translate: Stunde aus Klang = "Hour out of sound")

The first five "Hours" relate to Christian spirituality, reflecting the ascension of Christ, Pentecost, and Heaven.

The next seven contain Stockhausen's view of the sounds of Heaven.

The final nine "Hours" turn to an imagined universe as described in the mysterious spiritual and philosophical tome the Urantia Book.
(Viewed by most as science fiction, Stockhausen took the text as fact, and creates sound-worlds to describe the planets and universes
of Urantia (the tome) with each "Hour" in this final section.)"


See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klang_(Stockhausen)

"a cycle of compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen, on which he worked from 2004 until his death in 2007. It was intended to consist of 24 chamber-music compositions, each representing one hour of the day, with a different colour systematically assigned to every hour. The cycle was not yet finished when the composer died, so that the last three 'hours' are lacking."

"The titles of Hours 14–21 are all place names in the Urantia Book, and all are named in the text of Havona, as stages in a journey with the goal of studying cosmic music in Paradise. However, this text, like those for the following Hours, is not taken directly from the Urantia Book, but was written by the composer.": 14th-Havona, 15th-Orvonton, 16th-Uversa, 17th-Nebadon, 18th-Jerusem, 19th-Urantia, 20th- Edentia, 21st-Paradies

Rod

[Amigoo]

About "the Word made fresh" (in recent years, referring to the Bible) ...

Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Word

Since "The Word" has long been associated with the Bible, "made fresh" implies modern Bible language,
but "A new Word made fresh" would maintain "modern language", still associate with "the Bible" ...
and tempt new UB readers with a subtle "recent revelation".

Rod

[Amigoo]

A quick survey of Easter history ...


Re: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/w ... 8-11853818

"Easter feast days are moveable days, in that they don't fall on a fixed date in the normal Gregorian or Julian calendars, which follow the cycle of the sun... Easter instead is determined by the lunar calendar, which is based on the phases of the moon... Easter is scheduled to fall on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox around March 20."

Re: https://www.thoughtco.com/date-of-easte ... ear-700670

"Prior to 325 A.D., Easter was celebrated on the Sunday immediately following the first full moon after the vernal (spring) equinox."

Re: https://www.christianitytoday.com/histo ... ander.html

"each church group present at Nicea seemed to have a different opinion on the matter of Easter's date. The biggest division was that between the Eastern churches of Antioch and Syria, which still relied on the Jewish or lunar calendar for determining the date of Easter, and the Western churches of Alexandria and Rome, which employed the efficient solar calendar. The resulting accord, as commonly stated, was that Easter shall fall on the first Sunday following the first full moon following the spring equinox. "

Re: https://rcg.org/books/ttooe.html

"instruction to observe Easter is not in the Bible, and God’s permanent command to keep Passover is"

"The vast majority of ecclesiastical and secular historians agree that the name of Easter and the traditions surrounding it are deeply rooted in pagan religion."

"the name Easter comes to us from Ostera or Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, for whom a spring festival was held annually, as it is from this pagan festival that some of our Easter customs have come"


For perspective on "pagan religion" ...

Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism

"It is crucial to stress right from the start that until the 20th century, people did not call themselves pagans to describe the religion they practised. The notion of paganism, as it is generally understood today, was created by the early Christian Church. It was a label that Christians applied to others, one of the antitheses that were central to the process of Christian self-definition."


Happy Eostre ... with all the familiar pagan symbolism desired

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: Khristos Voskrese! design
http://aitnaru.org/images/Khristos_Voskrese.pdf

Squared circle geometry as seasonal art ...
with one of many representative greetings;
shared at sunrise in that corner of 606:

Complementary music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0umTTSY0i0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-zR_HAeJj0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGIs1A5ljk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd9djtjF7LU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-88FKXJEzeI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0OuZvGbeHk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1FvJ7Et4g

Rod

[Amigoo]

From today's email ...
new Urantia site for social media interaction: UrantiaVoice*

"UrantiaVoice is an outreach effort for attracting non-readers to The Urantia Book, AND a venue to cast The Urantia Book in a light that affirms the book's progressive ideals. UrantiaVoice will be dedicated to expressing the relevance of these teachings to our complex and ever-changing world. Original articles will be featured on a range of topics reflective of the book's teachings — including politics, social issues, science, arts, and of course, religion and spirituality."

* the direct link is http://www.urantiavoice.org/ , but my personal email link was:
https: //urantiavoice.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5bb9e090db4226cc...

With Facebook in the news recently because of privacy concerns, I was uncertain about "Click Tracking" (personal data gathering) already starting with my first look at the site. Anyway, the site looks promising as another forum for UB discussion ... and personal data gathering seems the customary way of promoting services on the internet these days.

See also: https://www.dreamgrow.com/top-15-most-p ... ing-sites/
From "Monthly Active Users": Facebook owns Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram.

Rod ... ...

[Sandy]

Hi Rod,
Thanks for posting the information on UrantiaVoice. I look forward to investigating the topics and articles as the site continues to evolve and grow.
xxSanbdy

[Amigoo]

Interesting discrepancy: 70 x 7 = 490 or 70 + 7 = 77

Matthew 18:21-22 King James Version
21. Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22. Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

UB 159:1.4
"Simon Peter was the apostle in charge of the workers at Hippos, and when he heard Jesus thus speak, he asked: 'Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?' And Jesus answered Peter: 'Not only seven times but even to seventy times and seven."

Hmmm ... "seventy times and seven" seems more poetic and a concept easier to grasp, but "seventy times seven" is conceptually shouting "a million times or more!" ... which means "always forgive him, regardless of the circumstances". But Jesus' teachings were practical and (in this case) would suggest that there is a limit to some kinds of forgiveness.

Rod

[Amigoo]

70 x 7 = 490 or 70 + 7 = 77

"The use of the term seventy-seven as an illustration of mercy and forbearance was derived from the Scriptures referring to Lamech’s exultation because of the metal weapons of his son Tubal-Cain, who, comparing these superior instruments with those of his enemies, exclaimed: 'If Cain, with no weapon in his hand, was avenged seven times, I shall now be avenged seventy-seven.'" (UB 159:1.7)*

In the Bible, this is Genesis 4:23-24 ...

4:23 Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech!
For I have killed a man for wounding me, Even a young man for hurting me.
4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”


Interestingly, UB 153:4.3* seems to identify conditions where no forgiveness is possible ...

(Jesus speaking) "Verily, verily, I say to you, all your sins shall be forgiven, even all of your blasphemies, but whosoever shall blaspheme against God with deliberation and wicked intention shall never obtain forgiveness."

... then 153:4.3 elaborates that the iniquitous must seek forgiveness, for without seeking they will be unable to receive that which is always available:

"Since such persistent workers of iniquity will never seek nor receive forgiveness, they are guilty of the sin of eternally rejecting divine forgiveness."

* http://www.theub.org/part-iv.html#P153_4_3 ,
http://www.theub.org/part-iv.html#P159_1_7


Re: Quadrature Entangled design in http://aitnaru.org/images/Khristos_Voskrese.pdf
This discussion about "77" is why this number is highlighted in the geometry design.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Paper 130 - On the Way to Rome
6. The Young Man Who Was Afraid

"By this time the young man ("Fortune") very much desired to talk with Jesus, and he knelt at his feet imploring Jesus to help him" (130:6.3)

Oh, that we could know a stranger as well as Jesus in just one conversation - know so well that they would soon be "implored" to ask for our help! Interestingly, this retelling is worded to inspire everyone who contemplates their own misfortunes* and seeming isolation:

"your potential of real achievement is the spirit which lives within you, and which will stimulate and inspire your mind to control itself and activate the body if you will release it from the fetters of fear and thus enable your spiritual nature to begin your deliverance from the evils of inaction" (130:6.3)

"Trouble will invigorate you; disappointment will spur you on; difficulties will challenge you; and obstacles will stimulate you. Arise!" (130:6.4)

* Now methinks the young man's name, Fortune, is creative writing by the Midwayers to contrast with "misfortune".

See also: http://www.theub.org/part-iv.html#P130_6

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/20 ... on-behind/

It's time for a survey that identifies evidence* of one's non-belief (or belief).
For example, a person might say they're not religious if they don't attend church
(if the requirement of attending church is what they were taught as children).

* what one perceives as evidence - not what others define as evidence.

With such a comprehensive survey, non-believers might find that belief in God
is normal and acceptable - even preferable! And the survey might confirm
what we know intuitively: "evidence" evolves as the planet progresses.

Rod

[Amigoo]

New inspiration about formal UB organizations ...
Let's skip more formal and go for informal:

Create informal, local organizations called Point Of Dissemination (POD).
At least three members should probably be required for leadership,
with more formal organization (officers?) optional.

Imagine that a POD will create a decorative alternative to "flag";
at formal gatherings, a dissemination "tree of life" will display
the locally thriving POD's pods.

Also, natural progression of "UB study group" is dissemination
(i.e., learning then doing ... something ... anything)

For symbolism, consider a POD like a legume seed pod.
Study groups might commit three members to nurture a POD
... but POD is more than (other than) "study group".

Later, if some PODs want to unite into formal organization
... let the social (and spiritual) forces prevail.

Rod

[Amigoo]

"epochal revelation" is a good starting point for UB perusal:

Go to http://www.theub.org/index.html
then click on (92:4.4) after "There have been many events ..."

Then go here: http://www.theub.org/foreword.html#AZ_Index
to find topics of immediate interest; click on (Page:Paragraph.Section)
to go to the UB text associated with that topic.

Rod

[Amigoo]

Re: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/70 ... ar-AAwHzCs

A good example of using the A-Z Index of the Papers:
Find '.tools" and read that Andonites created the first human tools
(long before this article's "700,000 years ago")

Rod