Infinite Spirit
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Also: Conjoint Actor, Conjoint Creator, God of Action, Third Person of Deity, Third Source and Center, Universal Intelligence, Universal Manipulator, God the Spirit, Universal Mind, Omnipresent Spirit, Universal Spirit, Supreme Guide, Divine Executive, Infinite Mind, Spirit of Spirits, Paradise Mother Spirit, Final Co-ordinator, Absolute Intelligence, Divine Action.
on the Uversa personality record he is the third personality in existence 30:2.13
the personification of the Infinite Spirit is the first record of Paradise 25:6.6
the seven sacred worlds of the Infinite Spirit are the Paradise headquarters of the seven superuniverses, the executive worlds of the entire universe 13:0.5 13:4
he accepted Michael's bestowal on the Mount of Transfiguration through a representative who spoke through the Father Melchizedek 158:3.3
As the God of Action he is the apparent ancestor of motion, change, and relationship 9:1.1
In the Urantia Book
The Father treats the Infinite Spirit as an equal (133:2.2)
- one of the energy circuits of the superuniverses is the instantaneous presence of the Infinite Spirit 15:9.8
- Pure mind is the nearest relative of infinite mind, and infinite mind is the theoretical co-ordinate of the absolutes of spirit and energy, is apparently a law unto itself 9:6.6
- The mind of the Third Source and Center is infinite and is adequate for the mind-giving of an unlimited number of creatures 9:5.1
- Adjusters are wholly outside the mind circuits of the Infinite Spirit, though they have premind, and something like thought 6:6.3
- Alongside the Adjusters or fragmentations of the Father are the fragmentations of the premental spirit of the Third Source and Center, though the two are quite distinct 30:1.101
- The presence of the Infinite Spirit enshrouds the Father and the Son 8:3.8 11:1.1
Reflectivity is a secret of the Infinite Spirit (13:1.10)
- Havona is a compensation to the Infinite Spirit for his extensive unselfish work in the universes of space 14:6.17-22
- Seconaphim interpret the mind of the Spirit Infinite for the Ancients of Days 28:4.4
- Seraphic guardians correlate the influences of the Infinite Spirit 113:3.2
- In the superuniverses the Infinite Spirit speaks only through the Seven Master Spirits 16:2.2
- The Seven Master Spirits distribute the Infinite Spirit to the superuniverses 16:2.5
- Solitary Messengers can traverse space by the mental circuits of the Infinite Spirit 107:6.5
The love and sorrows of the Infinite Spirit are real (8:6.4)
Also known as
- * Conjoint Actor 8:2.2 9:1.1 17:8.1 28:3.2
- * Conjoint Creator 8:1.7 8:3.3 9:1.1 9:3.5 34:1.2
- * God of Action 0:11.1 8:1 9:1.1 9:3.6-8 42:2.8 105:2.7 105:3.5 116:5.6
- * God the Spirit 0:2.14 0:7.1 0:8.6 3:6.8 6:2.3 6:5.6 8:0.4 8:5.6 9:1.1-8 9:4.2 10:0.2 13:1.10
- * Infinite Mother Spirit 14:6.34
- * the Spirit 8:1.10 8:3
- * Third Person of Deity (8:1.2,7)
- * Third Source and Center 8:1.8 8:2.3 9:3.5-8
- * Universal Intelligence 24:2.1
- * Universal Manipulator 9:1.1
- * Universal Mind 121:4.3 128:1.10 130:4.2-7
- * Omnipresent Spirit 8:2.2 9:1.5 113:3.2
- * Universal Spirit 8:2.2 8:3.4 21:2.9
- * Supreme Guide 8:2.2
- * Divine Executive 8:2.2
- * Infinite Mind 8:2.2 9:4.4 14:6.34 116:1.3
- * Spirit of Spirits 8:2.2
- * Paradise Mother Spirit 8:2.2
- * Final Co-ordinator 8:2.2
- * Absolute Intelligence 8:2.2
- * Divine Action 8:2.2
Appearance (0:3.22) (10:2.3) (105:2.7)
- was conceived in eternity by the Father and the Son 8:0.3 8:1.1-2 8:3.1
- was eternalized simultaneously with Havona 8:3.1
- In eternity past, with the personalization of the Infinite Spirit, the divine cycle of personality becomes perfect and complete 8:1.1
- In eternity past, the Father and the Son found their union in the unity of expression of the Infinite Spirit 8:3.1 118:9.8
Defined as (8:2.6) (9:1)
- is known as the Absolute Mind or Infinite Mind, the source of the bestowal of intellect 8:6.3 9:1.1 9:4 116:1.3
- is one of the three Absolutes manifested, constituting the entire manifested phase of the absolute level 115:3.7-10
- is one of the Seven Absolutes of Infinity 105:3.5
- is the Conjoint Actor, the Third Person of Deity 0:2.14 14:6.17
- is the infinite agent of expression and mutual action of the Father and the Son 8:0.1-3
- is a member of the Triodity of the Manifested, which also includes the Eternal Son and the Isle of Paradise 104:5.2
- is a part of God the Sevenfold and is one of the seven Sevenfold Controllers of the grand universe 116:5.9
- is the source and focal person of all cosmic mind 0:3.14 0:5.5 2:7.7 8:6.3 (9:1.1,4) 56:3.1 105:3.5
- The spiritual presence of the Infinite Spirit is often referred to as “the spirit of God” 8:5.5-6
Family of Infinite Spirit (23) (24) (25) (26) (9:8)
- the sons of the Spirit are truly the “Act of God” 10:3.3
- the central records of all the personalities of the Infinite Spirit are maintained on the Paradise spheres 17:1.6
- the sons of the Spirit constitute a living ladder by which man ascends from chaos to glory 9:8.25
- the sons of the Infinite Spirit are often referred to as the daughters of God, and those of the Father and Son as the sons of God 38:2.2
- the family of the Infinite Spirit is summarized in the personality records appearing in The Urantia Book 30:1.70-91 30:2.65-89
- these beings are largely independent of space, but not of time 34:3.2-3
- the Infinite Spirit approaches mortal beings through a series of increasingly less divine orders, reaching its lowest expression in the angels 40:5.2 50:1.1
- the personalities of the Infinite Spirit are the evidence-givers for the universe tribunals 10:6.3-4
- the Seven Master Spirits are the primary personalities of the Infinite Spirit 9:8.2 10:2.7 13:4.2 16:0.1 16:2 17:8.9
- some of the personalities of the Third Source and Center are not unconditionally personal to other creatures 9:8.6-20
- the personalities of the Infinite Spirit truly know and understand mortals 9:0.3
- orders of personalities 9:8.14-23 38:0
- Higher Personalities of Infinite Spirit 24 30:2.66
- # Solitary Messengers
- # Universe Circuit Supervisors
- # Census Directors
- # Personal Aids of the Infinite Spirit
- # Associate Inspectors
- # Assigned Sentinels
- # Graduate Guides
- Messenger Hosts of Space 25 30:2.74
- # Havona Servitals
- # Universal Conciliators
- # Technical Advisers
- # Custodians of Records
- # Celestial Recorders
- # Morontia Companions
- # Paradise Companions
- Ministering Spirits of Time 26 30:2.82
- # supernaphim
- # seconaphim
- # tertiaphim
- # omniaphim
- # seraphim
- # cherubim and sanobim
- # midwayers
- Supreme Spirits 9:8.15 17:0.1-9
- # Seven Master Spirits
- # Seven Supreme Executives
- # Reflective Spirits
- # Reflective Image Aids
- # Seven Spirits of Havona Circuits
- # local universe Mother Spirits
- # adjutant mind-spirits
- Universe Power Directors 30:2.90-115
- # Seven Supreme Power Directors
- # Supreme Power Centers
- # Master Physical Controllers
- # Morontia Power Supervisors
- unrevealed beings 30:1.87
Functions of Infinite Spirit
- the Infinite Spirit is the activator of the Paradise archetype 9:3.8 105:3.5 116:5.14
- In all universes the agents of the Conjoint Actor are ceaselessly manipulating the forces and energies of all space 9:0.1 9:0.4 9:3.8
- the agencies of the Infinite Spirit manage our practical daily affairs, and we cooperate with them 5:3.5
- The Conjoint Creator is the ancestor of the cosmic mind, and the mind of man is an individualized circuit, an impersonal portion, of that cosmic mind 9:5.4 9:7.3-4 12:6.3 16:9.15
- The Infinite Spirit possesses a unique and awesome power—antigravity 9:1.7 9:3.2-3
- the Infinite Spirit bestows Third-Type Personality Source, which is different from the personality given by the Father 9:8.6-12 | Third Source personalities
- he can also act on behalf of the Father to bestow personality of the First Source type 9:8.10
- he seems to compensate for the incompleteness of evolutionary Deity: the Supreme and the Ultimate 9:1.6 116:4.2
- he is to be thought of as a correlator of all present reality 9:1.3 104:4.43
- he draws to himself all divine and perfect ideas and values into his mental circuit 9:6.2
- he draws likewise all intellectual values Paradiseward 14:2.8
- he approaches all creatures as a person through the angels 8:4.6
- the only way to reach the Eternal Son is through the Infinite Spirit 8:3.7-8 8:6.2
- The Infinite Spirit acts truly and literally as the joint executive of the Father and the Son not only in creation but also in administration 7:4.6 8:0.1-3 8:1.3 8:3.5 9:3.7 10:1.4 10:2.4 10:3.3 16:2.2 105:2.7
- He exerts the influence of his personal presence within the confines of the Paradise-Havona system; elsewhere that influence is delegated. 16:2.3
- The finite domains of energy and spirit are literally held together by the mind presences of the Conjoint Actor. Mind is that flexible reality which connects matter and spirit 8:2.5 9:0.2 9:1.4 12:6.3 12:8.7 56:2.1-3 103:7.3 115:3.14 116:3.2
- It fragments portions of its spirit to indwell Spirit-fused mortals 30:1.101 49:6.6 107:1.7
- It has dedicated all to the plan of mortal ascension devised by the Father and accepted by the Son 8:3.5
- It is believed to be the initiator of motion in space, but it is not certain whether it is the cause of the motions of space itself 12:4.3-4
- Life comes into being through the action of the Universal Mind 130:4.7
- It makes possible universal reflectivity, the power to see, hear, feel, and know all things things as they occur throughout the universe 9:7.1
- acts as the universal manipulator of the forces and energies of Paradise, thus bringing into existence the universal and absolute mind 9:1.4 9:3.4-5 10:3.19 41:5.8
- the Infinite Spirit is engaged in the unending ministry of revealing the combined love of the Father and the Son to the individual minds of all the children of every universe 8:4.5
- ministers to the minds of even the most primitive living beings (8:4.1,5) 9:5.3 42:10.7
- on Urantia he is known as an omnipresent influence, but in Havona we shall know him as a personal presence of true service 8:4.3
- the providence of God is the realm of the Conjoint Creator 9:1.3
- his relationship to the universe is set forth in paper 9 of The Urantia Book 9
- The Infinite Spirit is the source of mortal mind 6:8.5 9:4.3 12:8.7 44:5.3 49:4.8
Nature of the Infinite Spirit
- the Infinite Spirit is absolute in the domain of mind 9:1.5 9:4.3
- the Conjoint Creator is not energy, nor its source or destination, he is the manipulator of energy, the action: the movement, change, modification, coordination, stabilization and equilibrium 9:3.5
- he is wholly like the Father 9:0.5 169:4.10
- he is eternal; he is an actual divine personality 8:0.4 8:2.1 8:6 10:3.5
- The Conjoint Actor is the absolute of mind reality, the co-ordinate of absolute spiritual reality, and the existential synthesis, in the form of Deity, of personality and power 8:0.4 56:7.3 104:5.6
- he is independent of space and time 9:4.4 34:3.1-2
- only the Infinite Spirit and the Eternal Son know the Father as infinite 56:9.6
- the Spirit is ministry—the ministry of divine love and endless mercy to all intelligent creation 7:4.6 8:2.6 8:4.2
- The outstanding attribute of the Infinite Spirit is his omnipresence; pervades all space 8:4.3 8:5.1 9:0.5 9:1.5 33:3.1 34:3.2
- is omniscient; is omnipotent in the domain of mind; is personally conscious of every mind in all creation 9:1.5 9:4.3 9:6.1 24:2.1
- forms a unit with the Father and the Son; the three are one 10:0.2 10:7.1
- became personalized as a limitless spirituality, co-ordinated with absolute mind, and with unique prerogatives of energy manipulation 9:0.1
- is revealed in the bestowals of the Paradise Sons 10:1.6
- the Conjoint Actor is the revelation of the unity of God 9:0.4
Participations of the Infinite Spirit
- participates in the birth of the Mother Spirits of the local universes 17:6.3-7
- participated in the creation of Havona 8:1.4
- not directly related to physical gravity, spirit gravity, or the personality circuit, but participates more or less in all other universe activities 10:3.19
- functions on the spheres of mind, matter, and spirit 10:3.19
- the Infinite Spirit participated fully in the seven transcendental appearances of the Eternal Son in Havona 8:4.3
- also participated with the original Michael Son in the seven bestowals on the circuits of Havona 8:4.3
Attaining the Infinite Spirit
- ascenders recognize the Infinite Spirit on the fifth circuit of Havona; He is the first Deity to be recognized, his discovery rarely fails to come to fruition 8:3.7-8 (26:7.1,5-6)
- Mortals may know the presence of the Infinite Spirit in the Holy Spirit 9:2.5
- Not all who reach Paradise can immediately discern the Infinite Spirit 16:2.1
- Trinity guides help Havona pilgrims find the Infinite Spirit 26:7.2
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.
- Know and be known 6:6.3 — 1 Co 13:12.
- God is a spirit 8:5.6 — Jn 4:24.
- Paradise Trinity 10:0.2 — Mt 28:19; Acts 2:32-33; 2 Co 13:14; 1 Jn 5:7.
- Paradise Trinity (Paul's early view) 10:0.2 — 1 Co 12:4-6.
- God is spirit 8:2.3 — Jn 4:24.
- Stoics “offspring of God” 121:4.3 — Acts 17:28-29.
- Learn to be content 121:4.3 — Phil 4:11.
- I am Alpha and Omega 128:1.10 — Rev 1:8,11,17; Rev 21:6; Rev 22:13. *I am the first and the last*: Is 41:4,6; Is 44:6; Is 48:12; Rev 2:8.
- Lord of glory 128:1.10 — 1 Co 2:8; Jm 2:1.
- Lord of all creation 128:1.10 — Zec 6:5; Acts 10:36; Jos 3:11,13.
- Holy One of Israel 128:1.10 — 2 Ki 19:22; Ps 71:22; Is 10:20; Jer 51:5.
- Our Lord and our God 128:1.10 — Jn 20:28.
- God with us 128:1.10 — Mt 1:23.
- Name above every name 128:1.10 — Phil 2:9.
- Omnipotence 128:1.10 — Mt 28:18.
- Treasures of wisdom & knowledge 128:1.10 — Ro 11:33; Col 2:3.
- Fullness of Him who fills all things 128:1.10 — Eph 1:23.
- Eternal Word of eternal God 128:1.10 — Jn 1:1.
- The One who was before all things and in whom all things consist 128:1.10 — Col 1:17.
- Creator of heaven & earth 128:1.10 — Gn 1:1; Gn 2:4; Ex 20:11; Ex 31:17; 2 Ki 19:15; 2 Ch 2:12; Neh 9:6; Ps 115:15-16; Ps 121:2; Ps 124:8; Ps 134:3; Ps 146:6; Is 37:16; Is 42:5; Is 45:12,18; Jer 10:11-12; Jer 32:17; Jer 51:15-16; Acts 4:24; Acts 14:15; Col 1:16; Rev 10:6; Rev 14:7.
- God as Upholder of Universe 128:1.10 — Ps 37:17,24; Ps 63:8; Ps 145:14; Is 41:10,13; Heb 1:3.
- Judge of all the earth 128:1.10 — Gn 18:25; 1 Ch 16:33; Ps 94:2; 1 Sam 2:10.
- Giver of life eternal 128:1.10 — Dn 12:2; Mt 19:16,29; Mt 25:46; Mk 10:17,30; Lk 10:25; Lk 18:18,30; Jn 3:15-16,36; Jn 4:14,36; Jn 5:24,39; Jn 6:27,49,47; Jn 6:54,68; Jn 8:51-52; Jn 10:28; Jn 11:25-26; Jn 12:25,50; Jn 17:2,3; Acts 13:46-48; Ro 2:7; Ro 5:21; Ro 6:22-23; Ga 6:8; 1 Ti 1:16; 1 Ti 6:12:19; Tit 1:2; Tit 3:7; 1 Jn 1:2; 1 Jn 2:25; 1 Jn 3:15; 1 Jn 5:11,13,20; Jud 1:21; Rev 22:5.
- True shepherd 128:1.10 — Ps 23:1; Jn 10:11,14; Heb 13:20.
- Deliverer of the worlds 128:1.10 — Ps 18:2; 2 Sam 22:2.
- Captain of our salvation 128:1.10 — Heb 2:10.
- Spirit searches all things 8:6.3 — 1 Ch 28:9; 1 Co 2:10.
- Same spirit dividing to man 8:6.3 — 1 Co 12:11.
- Spirit of God (Holy Spirit) 8:5.5 — Gn 1:2; Ex 31:3; Ex 35:31; Job 33:4; Ps 51:10-11; Ps 139:7; Pr 1:23; Is 44:3; Is 59:21; Is 61:1; Is 63:10-11; Lk 4:1; Lk 11:13; Jn 1:33; Jn 3:5; 2 Ti 1:14.
- “Word” of God 10:3.3 — Jn 1:1-4,14.
Where it appears
Infinite Spirit is linked in 185 paragraphs of the text; the first 40 are listed.