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Every human in
our world experiences moments of self-reflection, doubt and skepticism.
We search for answers that help us define God's role in our lives and
our relevance to the universe and beyond. These are not new questions.
The Urantia Book can be a valuable source of enlightenment and comfort
when a soul is faced with Life's Toughest Questions. Click on a question
you've struggled with and discover The Urantia Book's perspective on
some of life's most difficult and frequently-asked questions.
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That’s a good question that would have a pretty imprecise
answer were it not for the teachings of The Urantia Book —
The Urantia Book is all about answering that very question. So the best
response would be to tell you to read the book and to decide for
yourself, but instead I’ll provide a condensed version.
First, you are a unique personality — there’s never
been nor ever will be another you. That’s because personality
is a divine and unique gift from the Father, yours being but one facet
of a nearly infinite whole. This unique and divine personality is now
being expressed in human form as yourself, but what you believe to be
your personality and what others see as you aren’t that
unique and divine entity, what’s being observed and
experienced is your character interpreted as you.
Your personality is changeless, but your character will change as it
becomes more in tune with your personality. It will appear that you
mature and grow and develop wisdom during this life; still, this is
only the bottom rung on a ladder of progress stretching to eternity.
Your personality is so rich in endowment that unfathomable time is
required for your character to develop its full potential in expressing
that true personality.
Here on earth, you are also a product of your environment and of both
biological and cultural heredity. If your biological heredity is faulty
it will be pretty difficult to overcome those shortcomings in this life
but you’ll be provided ample opportunity to do so in
what’s to come after this life is over. Environmental and
cultural hereditary defects can be overcome by exercising your
character and another God given attribute, free will. If you choose to
let the circumstances of life dominate you then you will have hardly
exercised your free will at all, exhibiting instead character weakness
that needs to be strengthened. If you invoke your free will in
overcoming hardship and privation to build a life of accomplishment and
joy character growth will result.
Your character is the result of the choices and decisions you make; how
you think about and treat yourself, other individuals and the world
around you; honesty, loyalty, truthfulness, responsibility; your
attitude toward life and your place in the cosmos.
So, you are nearly infinite potential being expressed through a
developing finite character. You have the aid and guidance of unseen
spirit forces to assist and you have the influence of the Holy Spirit
and of the Spirit of Truth to help you with the challenging decisions
life requires you to make. You’re a tadpole striving to
become a frog which will eventually transform into a prince as long as
you keep the goal in mind and continually strive for God-likeness. God
is the home to which we all yearn to return.
Please see our topical study on Personality
for a lot more information
about who you are.
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