Spiritual Advice and Guidance Blog: Urantia Book

Q: I read about the pursuit of Truth, Goodness and Beauty in the UB. I can conceptualize the pursuit of Truth and Goodness, but what is the Pursuit of Beauty?

A: This is some of what The Urantia Book relates about beauty:

its discernment is the discovery and integration of reality;
art consists of harmony in unity;
beauty implies the presence of an appreciative mind and the recognition of the synthesis of diversity stemming from oneness;
beauty is always triumphant over ugliness.

To apply the above definitions to one's life would constitute a pursuit of beauty; to disregard them would not. For example, some people think tattoos and piercings are beautiful, some splash paint on canvas and call it beautiful, some make noise and call it beautiful. It doesn't take much of a stretch of the imagination to realize that nearly anything disorienting or unreal can be considered beautiful by a mind out of touch with reality. The pursuit of harmony and unity will produce a reality response that resonates with the source of true beauty.

I hope this reply helps; in any case, feel free to post any time.

Labels: beauty, goodness, Harmony, reality, The Urantia Book, truth, unity

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Friday, November 17, 2006

One True United Religion On Earth?

Q: Do you think there will ever be a time when there is only one united true religion on this earth?

A: It is planetary destiny that eventually all human beings will be united under one umbrella of religious philosophy.

Will it be Christian? Will it be Moslem? Will it be Jewish? Yes and no.

God loves us as individuals, not because we belong to a particular religion, sect, or group. As individuals we each approach God in our own way. Some people will want to express themselves through a Hindu orientation and others through a Buddhist one. But eventually when there is one united religion all religions will have the same philosophical umbrella defining who we are as children of God and who God is as our heavenly Father. We will have learned to appreciate one another for our differences and see one another as spiritual brothers and sisters -- the methods we use to relate to God will be of little importance.

This may be somewhat difficult to understand at this point in our development. That's one of the purposes of the teachings of The Urantia Book -- to provide an enhanced vision of the past and a bigger vision of what the future has in store.

Thank you for your question.

Larry Watkins
Truthbook.com

Labels: God, Larry Watkins, philosophy, religion, unity

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