Revelators tell us the unspiritual personality is "unreal" and eventually experiences "extinction." Is this relative extinction or actual extinction? The papers, as far as I am concerned, do not speak of the extinction of all parts that make up the sum total of who we are. Extinction is, from their point of view, strictly a personality issue or sum total of who we are.

We are a sum total and strive to maintain it. But we are also parts that make up the sum total of who we are. The fact is, there are different aspects to who we are, and they can function in a mutually exclusive way; we are not uniformly constituted, nor ever could we have been built up as such as it does not match up with the original pattern of deity; however, all aspects of who we are can unify or coordinate, and personality serves this purpose.

We are material, mind, Thought Adjuster (higher self); each is superimposed upon the other; each is able to express itself without the assistance of the other. Yet, personality coordinates them.

What happens to mind when personality fails to initiate fusion between it and Thought Adjuster? We are told personality is terminated. But that does not mean mind ceases to exist?

Mind continues on. It is remanded to the material plane by its source, the Third Person of Deity. This event commonly is known as 'reincarnation.'

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Hell All,

Again, we have here a potentially unfortunate situation developing here. The original post:



The term "reincarnation" was used here. Unfortunate, because reincarnation is not taught as a reality in The Urantia Book. However, later, the poster amended his wording. BTW, on that subject, I too, question whether Catholics teach reincarnation; my experience says they do not. You may be thinking of the Hindus or the Buddhists...if anyone DOES want to discuss that topic, the Skeptic's Corner, or Abner's corner is the appropriate place for that. But even then, it is not an appropriate topic, since it has no relation to the teachings of the UB.

Nevertheless, this thread is not one that should be moved just because that word was used; had the discussion taken that turn, action would have been taken. The gist of the original thread is in regards to what happens to mind when a personality fails at fusion. Please do not let yourselves be sidetracked into another shouting match. Those who prompt such responses are in error here; not the one who has initiated the thread. Please moderate your responses in courtesy and kindness, as you might if you were actually in a face-to-face discussion with a brother or sister.

And please - bringing our brother Larry back from the dead to moderate these discussions will not be tolerated, either. Larry was above all, my friend of many years; also a valuable ally and collaborator in all the work done here at TruthBook, and he is sorely missed. If I know him at all, I think I can safely say that this is the last thing he would wish to happen. He would probably make a joke of it, and make me laugh, but I don't find it amusing.

MaryJo

Hell All,

Again, we have here a potentially unfortunate situation developing here. The original post:



The term "reincarnation" was used here. Unfortunate, because reincarnation is not taught as a reality in The Urantia Book. However, later, the poster amended his wording. BTW, on that subject, I too, question whether Catholics teach reincarnation; my experience says they do not. You may be thinking of the Hindus or the Buddhists...if anyone DOES want to discuss that topic, the Skeptic's Corner, or Abner's corner is the appropriate place for that. But even then, it is not an appropriate topic, since it has no relation to the teachings of the UB.

Nevertheless, this thread is not one that should be moved just because that word was used; had the discussion taken that turn, action would have been taken. The gist of the original thread is in regards to what happens to mind when a personality fails at fusion. Please do not let yourselves be sidetracked into another shouting match. Those who prompt such responses are in error here; not the one who has initiated the thread. Please moderate your responses in courtesy and kindness, as you might if you were actually in a face-to-face discussion with a brother or sister.

And please - bringing our brother Larry back from the dead to moderate these discussions will not be tolerated, either. Larry was above all, my friend of many years; also a valuable ally and collaborator in all the work done here at TruthBook, and he is sorely missed. If I know him at all, I think I can safely say that this is the last thing he would wish to happen. He would probably make a joke of it, and make me laugh, but I don't find it amusing.

MaryJo

First post to thread amended (unable to revise the post since the edit feature is no longer available):


Original:

"Mind continues on. It is remanded to the material plane by its source, the Third Person of Deity. This event commonly is known as 'reincarnation.'"

Amended:

"Mind continues on. It is remanded to the material plane by its source, the Third Person of Deity. This event has similar implication as what is called in Catholicism as reincarnation.

That should fix the problem.