The greatest punishment (in reality an inevitable consequence) for wrongdoing and deliberate rebellion against the government of God is loss of existence as an individual subject of that government

2:3.4 When this sentence is finally confirmed, the sin-identified being instantly becomes as though he had not been. There is no resurrection from such a fate; it is everlasting and eternal. The living energy factors of identity are resolved by the transformations of time and the metamorphoses of space into the cosmic potentials whence they once emerged. As for the personality of the iniquitous one, it is deprived of a continuing life vehicle by the creature's failure to make those choices and final decisions which would have assured eternal life. When the continued embrace of sin by the associated mind culminates in complete self-identification with iniquity, then upon the cessation of life, upon cosmic dissolution, such an isolated personality is absorbed into the oversoul of creation, becoming a part of the evolving experience of the Supreme Being. Never again does it appear as a personality; its identity becomes as though it had never been. In the case of an Adjuster-indwelt personality, the experiential spirit values survive in the reality of the continuing Adjuster.

2:3.4 (37.2) As for the personality of the iniquitous one, it is deprived of a continuing life vehicle by the creature’s failure to make those choices and final decisions which would have assured eternal life.

...such an isolated personality is absorbed into the oversoul of creation, becoming a part of the evolving experience of the Supreme Being.

Could absorption of personality into the oversoul be likened to fusion of personality and TA?

4. God the Supreme—the actualizing or evolving God of time and space. Personal Deity associatively realizing the time-space experiential achievement of creature-Creator identity. The Supreme Being is personally experiencing the achievement of Deity unity as the evolving and experiential God of the evolutionary creatures of time and space.

115:7.6 God the Supreme does not appear to have been inevitable in unqualified infinity, but he seems to be on all relativity levels. He is the indispensable focalizer, summarizer, and encompasser of evolutionary experience, effectively unifying the results of this mode of reality perception in his Deity nature. And all this he appears to do for the purpose of contributing to the appearance of the inevitable eventuation, the superexperience and superfinite manifestation of God the Ultimate

117:4.2 Throughout the grand universe the Supreme struggles for expression. His divine evolution is in measure predicated on the wisdom-action of every personality in existence. When a human being chooses eternal survival, he is cocreating destiny; and in the life of this ascending mortal the finite God finds an increased measure of personality self-realization and an enlargement of experiential sovereignty. But if a creature rejects the eternal career, that part of the Supreme which was dependent on this creature’s choice experiences inescapable delay, a deprivation which must be compensated by substitutional or collateral experience; as for the personality of the nonsurvivor, it is absorbed into the oversoul of creation, becoming a part of the Deity of the Supreme.

To Richard, the food ceases to exist after I consumed it. However, the food continues to exist in me, imparting its health benefits to nourish my body.

In my view, you may be over-thinking this topic, although it is interesting to try and figure out just what happens to that extinguished personality - where does it go? But it has made me take a bit of a stretch myself...thinking is good.

Personality is the gift of God - the Father of personality. All personality resides in him, except as he bestows it on his children. In my understanding, only those personalities that identify with him and his holy will can attain perfection and return to him in eternity. You wonder:



I don't think so. Personality is personal; the TA is pre-personal, and achieves personality only as it is fused with the personality of the willing possessor of that personality. I don't see how the analogy that you pose can be compared to that. Because...

God the Supreme is a personal deity:



As such, he does not absorb that personality of extinction in the same way as the TA and the personality of man achieve fusion.

In my understanding, he absorbs it - perhaps using any goodness in it - for his further evolution. And perhaps the extinguished personality then does have the potential for complete perfection - or at any event unification - in HIS deity nature. As in this quote:



And this one:



Nothing of value is ever lost in God's creation. This explains to me how even an extinguished personality can be used for ultimate good. I think it satisfies your "plate of food" analogy, too, with "personality" representing the food, "you" representing the Supreme:



Also great reading here: The Oversoul of Creation https://truthbook.com/urantia-book/paper-117-god-the-supreme#U117_5_0

MaryJo