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Message: 70298 To Nancy and Steffani: Before posting a reply to your posts I have a question for you: Do either of you believe that Caligastia is still free on Urantia to prosecute his nefarious designs? Ernest
------ On 5/9/05, Steffani Murray wrote ------
Well Nancy...and Earnest,
There is this one...
P.754 - §2 For three hundred thousand years
Caligastia had been in charge of Urantia when
Satan, Lucifer's assistant, made one of his
periodic inspection calls. And when Satan arrived
on the planet, his appearance in no way resembled
your caricatures of his nefarious majesty. He was,
and still is, a Lanonandek Son of great
brilliance. "And no marvel, for Satan himself is a
brilliant creature of light."
These guys were really bad administrators...who
made the ultimate error of opposing the will of
the Paradise Father...apparently not at all like
the characters out of a Hollywood horror movie.
The UB goes on to describe Caligastia as rather
"unbalanced"...
P.754 - §4 In all the administrative work of a
local universe no high trust is deemed more sacred
than that reposed in a Planetary Prince who
assumes responsibility for the welfare and
guidance of the evolving mortals on a newly
inhabited world. And of all forms of evil, none
are more destructive of personality status than
betrayal of trust and disloyalty to one's
confiding friends. In committing this deliberate
sin, Caligastia so completely distorted his
personality that his mind has never since been
able fully to regain its equilibrium.
Even my "childish" mind...more like having
childlike trust in God, noticed that whoever was
communicating to Allen Wolf, was described as
loving and compassionate, and WASN'T ALREADY HERE
on Urantia.
He said, "I'm coming soon!" Whoever that is
likely means just that...he will come
soon...allowing for the realization that an
eternal Being's concept of SOON may be somewhat
different than that of us short-lived mortals.
I'm very certain nothing evil, weird, warped,
or negative could stand being around someone like
Al for even an instant!
P.226 - §6 A planet may experience many
magisterial visitations both before and after the
appearance of a bestowal Son. It may be visited
many times by the same or other Avonals, acting as
dispensational adjudicators, but such technical
missions of judgment are neither bestowal nor
magisterial, and the Avonals are never incarnated
at such times. Even when a planet is blessed with
repeated magisterial missions, the Avonals do not
always submit to mortal incarnation; and when they
do serve in the likeness of mortal flesh, they
always appear as adult beings of the realm; they
are not born of woman.
Nevertheless, I tend to believe that it is
perfectly natural for any mortal being to feel
somewhat uncomfortable when exposed to higher
energies than our own level of being is accustomed
to experiencing.
I seem to remember C.S. Lewis saying in those
books something along the lines of angels being
poor companions for humans...and of course, if
this were true, the plan of God would not include
the assignment of seraphic guardians to the
mortals of the realms. Perhaps he was one of those
men who generalized his personal preferences into
rules he believed ought to be made to apply to
everyone...an all too common trait.
There's a lot everyone needs to learn, all will
not welcome the lessons!
P.1931 - §1 Under the soon-coming persecutions
by those who hate this gospel of joy and liberty,
you will thrive and the kingdom will prosper. But
you will stand in grave danger in subsequent times
when most men will speak well of kingdom believers
and many in high places nominally accept the
gospel of the heavenly kingdom. Learn to be
faithful to the kingdom even in times of peace and
prosperity. Tempt not the angels of your
supervision to lead you in troublous ways as a
loving discipline designed to save your
ease-drifting souls.
Love, Light, Order,
Steffani
------ On 5/9/05, Nancy Brown wrote ------
Ernest Moyer quoted me previously:
"How can Caligastia masquerade as a being of
light and still be referred to as the "iniquitous
one" in the Urantia Teachings?"
To which he responded:
Clearly Nancy, you do not understand divine
beings.
My Comment:
Well, this is quite clever, Ernest, but not
quite on point. Good try, though:-).
Yes, in the broadest of terms, Caligastia is a
"divine being" because he is not of human origin.
But, my question was also - where in the
Urantia Book is he referred to as now functioning
as a "being of Light"?
You Correctly surmise:
Caligastia was cast down.
This act merely removed him from power; it did
not remove his divine status.
My Comment:
Again, in the broadest of literal terms, his
divine status was not removed, as you refer to it
in these broad strokes, because he was not spawned
as a material human.
You Wrote:
All divine beings, when they show themselves to
human beings, will appear in a "frame of light,"
or a "being of light.
My Comment:
I wonder.
Light is energy. I would have to say that in
all my attempts to research this, every
description of Caligastia, in conjunction with the
Rebellion, describes him as "darkness" in the
Urantia Book - implying "dark" energy.
Unless you have had an actual appearance of
Caligastia, you cannot unequivically state that he
would appear as a "being of Light" or being
"framed" in light.
I would surmise, that his energy/energy field
would feel dark, shadowy, evil and wicked. Quite a
contrast to those "divine beings" who appear as
light, benign, loving and so forth.
He would not seem light nor authoratative.
It would seem to me that any normal mind - and
I mean those humans who have not gone into sin and
iniquity themselves - are not "wicked" and "evil"
minded - would absolutely feel the difference
between a divine being of light and a so-called
divine being of darkness.
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The Urantia Book States: "The Prince of Urantia went into darkness at the time of the Lucifer rebellion, thus precipitating the long confusion of the planet. He was subsequently deprived of sovereign authority by the co-ordinate action of the constellation rulers and other universe authorities. The power of the fallen Prince to disturb human affairs was enormously curtailed by the mortal incarnation of Machiventa Melchizedek in the days of Abraham; and subsequently, during the life of Michael in the flesh, this traitorous Prince was finally shorn of all authority on Urantia." My Comment: Caligastia is impotent. He would "feel" impotent - unless one derives their own personal power by aligning their mind with darkness. Those who walk in the shadows, themselves. This was one of my points. As far as C.S. Lewis is concerned - it seems as if he was "visited" by a divine being of light - but his own fear marred the experience. I know what this fear is like - it is a natural human reaction - of the animal mind. For further edification from the UB: "The doctrine of a personal devil on Urantia, though it had some foundation in the planetary presence of the traitorous and iniquitous Caligastia, was nevertheless wholly fictitious in its teachings that such a "devil" could influence the normal human mind against its free and natural choosing. Even before Michael's bestowal on Urantia, neither Caligastia nor Daligastia was ever able to oppress mortals or to coerce any normal individual into doing anything against the human will."
My Comment:
I believe one has to be very careful here,
Ernest.
I believe that intention is everything.
What I mean is - if one intentionally searches
for the "fictitious devil" in every potential
experience of a true spiritual seeker, and
attempts to explain anothers personal spiritual
experience within their own frame-work of
understanding, especially if that framework is
cast in fear of more unusual manifestations, then
the intention of the commenter can only go in one
direction. Playing with darkeness.
One has to really be able to distinquish
goodness from evil. And, despite the portrait you
attempt to paint, that should be relatively easy
for those who believe in the truth, beauty and
goodness of God and all His agents.
We (humans) have a Fragment of the actual First
Source and Center. And the Mystery Monitors are
all experienced on this planet (with few
exceptions).
We have the Spirit of Truth - Michael's
personal spirit - functioning within and outside
our minds.
We have the Holy Spirit - the Creative Mother
Spirit - on the planet. The Holy Spirit is
directly connected to our minds because the CMS
bestows our minds.
This is all to say, that an actual Child of God
- a real Son of God - someone who has joined the
Kingdom of God while on earth - cannot be
approached by the "devil".
The above spirits are all protections.
To try to convince us otherwise - goes against
all the teachings of the Urantia Book, imo.
I could certainly understand your motivations
better if I thought they were being given as a
caution.
But, they're not. They are being given as
absolute mandates and go against everything that I
understand about spiritual progression.
For instance - you have this to say about Allen
Wolf:
"However, he (the "devil" - my insert for
clarification) works under a proscription. He is
not permitted to show himself to anyone except
those who solicit him. Thus the earlier quotation
I gave from Allen Wolf was one of those
presentations. He came as a vivid being of light."
My Comment:
Two things.
1. Just the term "vivid" suggests to me that
this was an authentic "visitation" by a celestial
being.
2. I know Allen Wolf. He is about as far
removed from evil, wickedness and iniquity as just
about anyone I have ever met in the Urantia
movement. He could know more bring Caligastia to
him than most other UB students.
Allen's intentions are pure. They are motivated
by a demonstrated love and caring of others. What
he spiritually seeks as a human, he has found.
I more than believe - I know that Divine
celestial visitations are possible to a son of God
- a person whose faith in God and goodness is so
affirmed in their lives that they no longer
possess fear of the "unknown". They know truth -
personal truth - for these Spirits of God resonate
within their very beings and that is a drawing
power of it's own.
This would seem especially true for those who
have inculcated the expanded knowledge found
within the pages of the Urantia Book.
Ernest, I truly believe you began this path
with good intentions.
But your strong belief in the power of evil, or
what I ascertain is a solid belief in the power of
darkness, seems to, in and of itself, prevent you
from seeing the error of your ways.
I know you love the Bible. It helps to make
your points. But the Bible was written by men and
it was written as a way to make men "fear" - to
keep them in line - especially the Old Testament.
The old testament was written during a very dark
time on our planet.
But so much more "light" has invaded Urantia.
Since the early days of the Rebellion we have
received Adam and Eve, Melchizadek, Christ Michael
as Jesus and now the Urantia Book. Each "epochol"
revelation upsteps us. Further, we are progressing
through planetary epochs of our own (not to
mention psychic circles progression by
individuals).
There IS a spiritual awaking occuring on the
planet - despite how it looks at times.
I truly believe that we are progressing! I
truly believe that some on this planet have broken
through the third psychic circle and are beginning
to morontialize their souls while still in the
flesh.
I truly believe we are living in an amazing
time where our circuits are being re-established;
our (mass) consciousness is being raised; and
people are using their personal power for good!
People are beginning to understand the "power
of intention" (see Wayne Dyer's book for further
clarification).
More and more humans are beginning to focus
their intention towards personal and planetary
balance.
And, since I believe intention is everything,
good intentions bring about good results - while
evil intentions take us further into darkness.
And, in the Urantia Book - every reference I
could find concerning Caligastia, Daligastia, et
al - was described as dark.
Dark energy is always profoundly contrasted to
light.
Take care -
Nancy Brown
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