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"True
it is, you mortals are of earthly, animal origin; your frame is indeed
dust. But if you actually will, if you really desire, surely the heritage
of the ages is yours, and you shall someday serve throughout the universes
in your true characters -- children of the Supreme God of experience and
divine sons of the Paradise Father of all personalities."
"In every
mortal there exists a dual nature: the inheritance of animal tendencies
and the high urge of spirit endowment. During the short life you live on
Urantia, these two diverse and opposing urges can seldom be fully reconciled;
they can hardly be harmonized and unified; but throughout your lifetime
the combined Spirit ever ministers to assist you in subjecting the flesh
more and more to the leading of the Spirit. Even though you must live your
material life through, even though you cannot escape the body and its necessities,
nonetheless, in purpose and ideals you are empowered increasingly to subject
the animal nature to the mastery of the Spirit. There truly exists within
you a conspiracy of spiritual forces, a confederation of divine powers,
whose exclusive purpose is to effect your final deliverance from material
bondage and finite handicaps."
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