The Cosmic Citizen

This week we continue our reading of Urantia Paper 11, The Eternal Isle of Paradise, with a study of Sections 3 and 4, Upper Paradise and Peripheral Paradise. Last week we speculated that Paradise is our Home in the Grand Universe and is essentially a flat ellipsoid divided into three geographic domains: upper Paradise, peripheral Paradise, and nether Paradise. Paradise is the original non-spiritu...

This week we continue with our study of Uranita Paper 11, The Eternal Isle of Paradise, as we explore the absolute but material Isle of Paradise with Sections 2 & 3, The Nature of the Eternal Isle and Upper Paradise. Since you are beginning to glimpse the enormousness of the material universe discernible even from your astronomical location, your space position in the starry systems, it should...

This week we begin a brand new paper, Urantia Paper 11, The Eternal Isle of Paradise!  Haven't you always wanted to learn all about Paradise? For a year we've thoroughly explored and discussed The Urantia Book teachings on the three persons of Deity, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Infinite Spirit. Now we discover what the revelation teaches about their central abode, a place called Parad...

The Paradise Trinity is like a cosmic superhero squad, and understanding them is like decoding the universe’s grandest mystery!  That is certainly what we've attempted to do in our study of Urantia Paper 10 - The Paradise Trinity. This week we come to an end of this fascinating paper. We have covered much, but here are some key concepts: The Paradise Trinity facilitates the Universal Father’s esca...

This week we continue our study of Urantia Paper 10, The Paradise Trinity. We'll be reading and discussing Section 7. The Overcontrol of Supremacy. In part, we will learn that The Supreme Being appears to reflect the attitude of the Trinity, but he is something less than the Trinity functioning in the finite universes. The overcontrol of the Supreme is not wholly predictable. Some events-accidents...

This week we continue our study of Urantia Paper 10, The Paradise Trinity. We'll be reading and discussing Section 6. The Stationary Sons of the Trinity. Reading this section, we discover that all law takes origin in God, the First Source and Center. God is law. This suggests that law is fundamental to the divine order and reflects the nature of the Creator. The administration of law is associated...

This week, the Cosmic Citizen crew will be reading Urantia Paper 10, The Paradise Trinity, Section 5. Functions of the Trinity. We had hoped to get to this section last week, along with Section 4 of Paper 10, but we got into such a fantastic conversation (as usually happens) that we ran out of time. So, this week we are on to Section 5, and of course, as always, it will be deep. But hopefully, tog...

This week Andre, Chuck, Pam and Paula will be studying Urantia Paper 10, The Paradise Trinity. We'll focus on Section 4. The Trinity Union of Deity and hopefully Section 5. Functions of the Trinity. The Trinity is an association of persons functioning in a nonpersonal way, somewhat like the way a corporation functions as a nonpersonal entity subject to the personal will of its officers. Functions...

This week Andre, Chuck, and Paula will be studying Urantia Paper 10, The Paradise Trinity, and we'll focus on Section 3. The Three Persons of Diety. There are three Positive and Divine Personalizations of Deity. God the Father: The First Source and Center. God the Son: The Eternal Son, who sustains an indispensable relationship to the Father. And God the Spirit: The Infinite Spirit. These three pe...

This week on The Cosmic Citizen we will continue our study of Urantia Paper 10, The Paradise Trinity, with Section 2. Deity Personalization and maybe we'll get to Section 3. The Three Persons of Deity. Last week we talked a little bit about the author of Paper 10, a Universal Censor. We read that, "These unique beings are the judgment of Deity. They are not merely reflective of the decisions of pe...

This week we start a brand new paper, Urantia Paper 10 - The Paradise Trinity! Will read the preamble to the paper and then Section 1 - 1. Self-Distribution of the First Source and Center. If you been following along with us, you know that about a year ago we started with Urantia Paper 1 and we have continued to study paper by paper from there. We've studied 9 Urantia Papers in that time, which ga...

Our final episode on the Infinite Spirit and on the three Primary Persons of the Paradise Trinity. What could be more appropriate than talking about the Infinite Spirit's diverse family. The Infinite Spirit possesses full power to transmit many of his powers and prerogatives to his co-ordinate and subordinate personalities and agencies. The first Deity-creating act of the Infinite Spirit, function...

This week we will be studying Urantia Paper 9—Relation of Infinite Spirit to the Universe—§7. So far, we've learned that the Infinite Spirit is a universal and divine minister who unceasingly ministers the Eternal Son’s mercy and the Universal Father’s love. He harmonizes with the stable, unvarying, and righteous justice of the Paradise Trinity. The influence and personalities of the Infinite Spir...

The Cosmic Crew is back this week with our study of Urantia Paper 9, Section 6, The Mind-Gravity Circuit! 9:6.1.The Third Source and Center, the universal intelligence, is personally conscious of every mind, every intellect, in all creation, and he maintains a personal and perfect contact with all these physical, morontial, and spiritual creatures of mind endowment in the far-flung universes. All...

This week we resume our study of Urantia Paper 9 with Section Section 5. The Ministry of Mind. This paper is the last of the initial papers on God and his Deity Associates, authored by the Divine Counselor. In our study so far we have learned that The Infinite Spirit is also known as God the Spirit, the Third Great Source & Center, and the Conjoint Actor. That he pervades all space and indwell...

This week we resume our study of Urantia Paper 9 with Section Section 4. The Absolute Mind, which we began last time. This paper is the last of the initial papers on God and his Deity Associates, authored by the Divine Counselor. There is a good chance that we will also get to Section 5. The Ministry of Mind. The absolute mind is the mind of the Third Person; it is inseparable from the personality...

This week, we resume our study of Urantia Paper 9 with Section Section 3. The Universal Manipulator. It is the last of the initial papers on God and his Deity Associates, authored by the Divine Counselor. There is a good chance that we will also get to Section 4. The Absolute Mind. (101.1) 9:3.1 The Isle of Paradise is the source and substance of physical gravity; and that should be sufficient to...

HAPPY EASTER! This week, in honor of the Easter holiday, we offer a special edition of The Cosmic Citizen, featuring two remarkable women: Zshonette Reed of The Christ Experiment who will tell us about the worldwide Jesus Remembrance Supper, and Diane Labrecque who, with help from The Center For Unity, will again bring us together for The Jubilee of Jubilees. Zshonette and her friends at The Chris...

This week, we continue our study of Urantia Paper 9 with Section 2. The Omnipresent Spirit. It is the last of the initial papers on God and his Deity Associates, authored by the Divine Counselor. There is a good chance that we will also get to Section 3. The Universal Manipulator. So far, we've learned that the Third Source and Center (The Infinite Spirit) is responsive to both spiritual and mater...

Two weeks ago we started Paper 9, but we didn't get past introduction to the paper. This is the last of the papers authored by a Divine Counselor. He's swinging for the fences with this one, because even the introduction to the paper was deep beyond what we could cover in a reqular episode. Therefore, we will begin again our study of Urantia Paper 9. Relation of the Infinite Spirit to the Universe...

This week we will interview Mike Butler and Carol Engle-Enright on their Urantia Book inspired school of Statesmanship, Stewardhip and Service (SOSSAS). Classes at SOSSAS began in October of 2023 at St. Vrain Innovation Center in Longmont, Colorado, with metacognitive skills, great communication, and civil discourse. Their team of qualified and talented educators are excited to present the next le...

We begin our study of Urantia Paper 9, Relation of the Infinite Spirit to the Universe, with the introductory section followed by§1. Attributes of the Third Source and Center. A STRANGE thing occurred when, in the presence of Paradise, the Universal Father and the Eternal Son unite to personalize themselves. Nothing in this eternity situation foreshadows that the Conjoint Actor would personalize a...

This week on the Cosmic Citizen we conclude our study of Urantia Paper 8, The Infinite Spirit. This paper explores the origin, nature, and attributes of the Infinite Spirit, the Third Person of Deity and the Conjoint Creator of all things. We will be covering Section 6. Personality of the Infinite Spirit. Do not allow the widespread bestowal and the far-flung distribution of the Third Source and C...

This week on the Cosmic Citizen we continue our study of Urantia Paper 8, The Infinite Spirit. This paper explores the origin, nature, and attributes of the Infinite Spirit, the Third Person of Deity and the Conjoint Creator of all things. We will be covering Section 5. The Presence of God and maybe we'll get to Section 6. Personality of the Infinte Spirit. The outstanding attribute of the Infinit...

This week on the Cosmic Citizen we continue our study of Urantia Paper 8, The Infinite Spirit. This paper explores the origin, nature, and attributes of the Infinite Spirit, the Third Person of Deity and the Conjoint Creator of all things. We will be covering Section 4. The Spirit of Divine Ministry and, who knows, maybe we'll get to Section 5. The Presence of God. Everlasting ministry to mind is...