Spiritual Advice and Guidance Blog: Urantia Book

Q: I recently read the papers concerning the default of Eve, and I am at a loss at how I am to interpret the situation. Was Eve supposed to eventually spread her genes like Adam did with the 1,682 superior women, or did she cheat on her husband?

A: Eve was, indeed, meant to share her genes with the evolving races; however, this process was not to be performed by her and Adam personally, but by their offspring.

You may remember this passage from The Urantia Book:

Usually the violet peoples do not begin to amalgamate with the planetary natives until their own group numbers over one million. But in the meantime the staff of the Planetary Prince proclaims that the children of the Gods have come down, as it were, to be one with the races of men; and the people eagerly look forward to the day when announcement will be made that those who have qualified as belonging to the superior racial strains may proceed to the Garden of Eden and be there chosen by the sons and daughters of Adam as the evolutionary fathers and mothers of the new and blended order of mankind.

On normal worlds the Planetary Adam and Eve never mate with the evolutionary races. This work of biologic betterment is a function of the Adamic progeny. But these Adamites do not go out among the races; the prince's staff bring to the Garden of Eden the superior men and women for voluntary mating with the Adamic offspring. And on most worlds it is considered the highest honor to be selected as a candidate for mating with the sons and daughters of the garden.
p585:6 (51:5.2)

So, the plan was that Adam and Eve would produce one million offspring, after which these offspring would then mate with the superior indigenous races of earth. The purpose of all this was to upstep and improve the racial stocks of earth, and to improve the races in all ways by this infusion of the blood of the Violet race

But, as you will remember, our planet was still suffering the effects of the Lucifer Rebellion, and was in isolation - cut off from the celestial broadcasts, and from all other spiritual circuits that are enjoyed by normal planets. Even though they had been warned, Adam and Eve were not fully prepared for the isolation they would feel, and they were not accustomed to the slowness of the realization of their mission. After about 100 years on Earth, they became discouraged.

Through the underhanded plans of Prince Caligastia, the disgraced leader of the rebellion on Urantia, Eve was tempted to make a shortcut in the mission. She was influenced to mate with Cano, the leader of the Nodites, in order to provide a leader from Violet stock to help the advancing races in the short term. This was not a case of her "cheating" on Adam. She was not doing this out of an adulterous motive. She really thought that what she was doing was a good thing, and a way to jump-start the mission. But her transgression had terrible repercussions, as the entire mission of Adam and Eve was then in default, and we eventually lost our Material Son and Daughter, when they should have been here still. It was one more instance when Urantia was dealt a hard blow in its upward advancement, and it is one more reason that we find ourselves in such sad shape here on this dark planet.

Adam, when he discovered what Eve had done, sought out a mortal woman with whom he also mated, just so he would then share Eve's fate, and she would not be alone in disgrace. But this was far from simple infidelity between husband and wife - this default of Adam and Eve delivered a mortal wound to the success of the Adamic mission to our planet. Even though a portion of the genetic material of Adam and Eve was delivered to the planet, the mission fell far short of its original intent.

You can read the whole story HERE, through Urantia Book passages.

Labels: Adam and Eve, Caligastia, default, genetics, Lucifer Rebellion

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Monday, March 24, 2008

The Urantia Book And Race

Q: I have listened to many MP3s from the CD of the Urantia book. I am so grateful for what I have read so far and have been greatly blessed. However, I have run into a section that causes me great distress :"The difficulty of executing such a radical program on Urantia consists in the absence of competent judges to pass upon the biologic fitness or unfitness of the individuals of your world races. Notwithstanding this obstacle, it seems that you ought to be able to agree upon the biologic disfellowshiping of your more markedly unfit, defective, degenerate, and antisocial stocks." (Paper 51, Section 4).I can't make this read as anything other than extremely racist and (since the white race has blue ancestry) particularly white supremacist. Talking about "unfit, defective, degenerate, and antisocial "stocks" seems to totally negate the loving Fatherhood of God. I am white, by the way and I find it offensive. There is no way I could recommend this book to my black friends.

A: I understand you are a new reader and have yet to finish a first reading of The Urantia Book. There are many sections in the book that can bring consternation when considered outside the context of the full revelation, race being one of them. It's usually suggested that a first and complete reading of the book, from front to back, be undertaken as quickly as possible, without attempting to comprehend all that's being read â€” this provides an overall context and defines the scope of the material. Subsequent reading can then delve deeper into the terminology and meanings. It has been suggested too that rather than being written like a text book The Urantia Book is more like a symphony with themes and melodies being repeated in a myriad of variations throughout the whole â€” one has to listen to a symphony more than once to get a basic understanding of the composition.

Regarding race, regarding humanity in general and regarding the composition of the book â€” most of the first 119 out of the 196 Papers are written by highly intelligent beings who have never been human, beings of higher origin than humans, "angels." As the lowest order of free will creature in existence we humans now find ourselves reading about our origin, nature, and destiny as perceived from a higher and non-human perspective, sources not so sentimental about our shortcomings as we obviously are.

It's interesting how we're so aware of the necessity of animal husbandry to produce improved results but feel it is a human right to breed indiscriminately with no regard for the kind of offspring being produced. If I had a choice I'd want to be born into a healthy body with all my arms, legs, fingers, toes, hearing, eyesight, and normal mental capabilities as opposed simply being left to happenstance and finding myself having less than these normal endowments. That's the point these teachings of The Urantia Book make â€” we owe it to our offspring to provide them the best biological vehicle possible. Life on an evolutionary world is challenge enough without also being faced with confronting it in a defective body or with a defective mind.

Specifically, you've indicated that the following causes you great distress ... "The difficulty of executing such a radical program on Urantia consists in the absence of competent judges to pass upon the biologic fitness or unfitness of the individuals of your world races. Notwithstanding this obstacle, it seems that you ought to be able to agree upon the biologic disfellowshiping of your more markedly unfit, defective, degenerate, and antisocial stocks." (Paper 51, Section 4).

Why is that distressful? Those words say we humans are reluctant to impose constraints on reproduction because we lack competent judges to pass on the potential fitness of offspring. True. We are however quite scientifically competent at this time in history to predict when it's highly likely that parents will bear children with various defects or diseases. Because of our over-sentimentality we don't impose the social constraints we are now competent to impose upon these obvious problem areas, allowing anyone and everyone to do as they reproductively please when it would be a great benefit if such individuals were given incentives to go childless or to adopt rather than to bear children. How is this distressing? This makes logical sense although maybe not the emotional sense we're so used to reacting to.

You've also said ... "I can't make this read as anything other than extremely racist and (since the white race has blue ancestry) particularly white supremacist." One of the profound functions of the teachings of The Urantia Book is to provide a greater context in which to understand your life on earth and your place in the cosmos â€” certainly a challenge to each and every reader of the book. You've taken these particular observations and altered their context to fit a preconceived mold. The paragraph you've referred to has nothing to do with racism or white supremacy as you've interpreted. Consider that there's probably not a person alive on the planet who doesn't have some blue ancestry (as well as some of each of the other colors) in their makeup â€” there's nothing exclusive to the so-called white race. There is no "black" race on Urantia, just as there are no other pure races. The indigo race, a deep purple hue appeared about 500,000 years ago along with the other 5 colored races. Africans are of mixed racial heritage just like the rest of humanity, being a mixture primarily of the remnants of the indigo, orange, and green races.

There have been 9 pure-line races over the million year human history of the planet. None exist today â€” we're well on our way to full racial blending to fulfill the destiny of a one race world. Of the original 6 colored races can you point to one which The Urantia Book holds above the others? The answer is no. In fact The Urantia Book describes the attributes and shortcomings of each race as well as defining their superior and inferior traits. The only race to be given comparatively high marks is the red race which has nearly been obliterated.

You've written ... "Talking about unfit, defective, degenerate, and antisocial stocks seems to totally negate the loving Fatherhood of God." Is this implying that you don't recognize such detrimental strains flourishing in the gene pool? The genes with which one is endowed have no correlation to the love of the Father or the development of the individual soul. They do have immense consequence to the quality of life one lives here in the flesh.

You've concluded ... "I am white, by the way and I find it offensive. There is no way I could recommend this book to my black friends." The sensitivity to the feelings of your "black friends" is not unusual although you do a disservice by assuming that they couldn't possibly understand the truth behind the statements you've taken offense from when quite possibly their Spirit of Truth led discernment may at this time be superior to your own. Actually, your concern could appear to be an overreaction to what you consider to be shortcomings in your black friends.

Currently there are 3 documents on the races in the Urantia Book Historical Archive. One is a Wrightwood Study, an in-depth analysis of the teachings of The Urantia Book on this topic by a panel and another is a handout written by a black woman. You can access these documents at http://www.ubhistory.org/ArchiveProcessing/HTML/FrameDocTypesGD.html

As this topic has also come up in the Truthbook.com Discussion list and is of current interest it will be posted there and if you choose you can read further comments made by other readers on this topic.

Labels: biology, genetics, race, The Urantia Book

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