Brains

the brain is the material mechanism for intelligent response to internal and external stimuli 65:0.1 65:6.10

Mind, while not a physical evolution, is wholly dependent on the brain capacity afforded by purely physical and evolutionary developments. 58:6.7

The stoppage of life destroys the physical brain patterns for mind endowment, and the disruption of mind terminates mortal consciousness. 112:5.14

In the Urantia Book

Adjusters

• Adjusters are not organic part of human brain 110:1.1
• Adjuster is released if human brain is irreparably destroyed 112:3.3

Human brainedness | mortals:planetary types

• The one physical uniformity of mortals is the brain and nervous system; nevertheless, there are three basic organizations of the brain mechanism: the one-, the two-, and the three-brained types. Urantians are of the two-brained type, somewhat more imaginative, adventurous, and philosophical than the one-brained mortals but somewhat less spiritual, ethical, and worshipful than the three-brained orders. 49:5.13-18 109:3.5-6
• Adjusters gain better contact with three-brained mortals 109:3.5
• The intellectual and spiritual differential between the three brain types characterizes individuals who are otherwise quite alike in mind endowment and spiritual potential, being greatest in the temporal life and tending to diminish as the mansion worlds are traversed one by one 40:5.17
• These three types of physical-brain endowment are not factors in Adjuster bestowal, in seraphic service, or in any other phase of spirit ministry. (40:5.9,14,17)
• senses are sharper in three-brained mortals 40:5.17 49:4.3

Animal brainedness

• dinosaurs and sea serpents perished because they did not have brains large enough to afford protection for their immense bodies 60:1.10 (60:2.11,14) 60:3.21 61:2.5
• early mammals possessed large brains in comparison to body size 61:1.10 61:6.1
• evolution followed growth of brain, not physical bulk 60:2.14
• lemurs had the largest brains for their size of any animal that had theretofore existed on earth. 62:2.3
• mid-mammals had large brains 62:3.3
• Primates’ increased use of hands helped develop inherent brain power 62:4.4

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Early man 61:6.1 — Gn 1:26-27; Gn 2:7.

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