Paradise

Paradise is, according to The Urantia Book, "the eternal center of the universe of universes and the abiding place of the Universal Father, the Eternal Son, the Infinite Spirit, and their divine co-ordinates and associates" 11:0.1. The book calls it "the most gigantic organized body of cosmic reality in all the master universe" and insists that it is "a material sphere as well as a spiritual abode" 11:0.1. For mortals, the book says, its chief importance is that it is "the real and far-distant destiny" of the ascending creatures of time and space 11:9.8.

Paper 11, presented by a Perfector of Wisdom from Uversa, is the main description 11:9.9. It states that Paradise "is from eternity" and that "there are neither records nor traditions respecting the origin of this nuclear Isle of Light and Life" 11:0.2.

The abode of Deity

To creatures, Paradise exists "primarily as the dwelling place of Deity" 11:1.1. The personal presence of the Universal Father is described as resident at the very center of its upper surface, surrounded by the presence of the Eternal Son, both "invested by the unspeakable glory of the Infinite Spirit" 11:1.1. The book stresses that this location is literal: God "dwells, has dwelt, and everlastingly will dwell in this same central and eternal abode" 11:1.2. It compares finding God on Paradise to a navigator finding New York, London, Rome or Singapore, given ship, maps and compass, and adds that the fact that few creatures have found God there "in no way disproves" his presence 11:1.3.

According to Paper 11, the Father cannot move from this center without causing "universal pandemonium," because the lines of gravity, the personality circuit, the circuits of mind and the inward path of ascending beings all converge on him there 11:1.4.

Form and substance

Unlike inhabited worlds, Paradise is not spherical. It is ellipsoid, one-sixth longer north to south than east to west, and essentially flat, its thickness one tenth of its east-west diameter 11:2.2. These proportions, together with its stationary position and a greater out-pressure of force at its north end, are said to make it possible "to establish absolute direction in the master universe" 11:2.3.

Its substance is unique. The book calls it a "homogeneous organization of space potency not to be found elsewhere," which the Melchizedeks of Nebadon named absolutum; it is "neither dead nor alive" 11:2.9. Paradise is also said to stand outside time and space: it "exists without time and has no location in space," though "space seemingly originates just below nether Paradise; time just above upper Paradise" 11:2.10-11. Motion there "is not inherent," but "volitional" 11:2.11.

Upper and peripheral Paradise

The Isle is divided into three domains: upper, peripheral and nether Paradise 11:2.4-7. The upper surface is given over to personality activities, and the book says the Trinity "seems to dominate" it 11:2.8.

Upper Paradise contains the Deity presence, the Most Holy Sphere and the Holy Area 11:3.1. The Most Holy Sphere, reserved for "worship, trinitization, and high spiritual attainment," holds no material structures; the author says that "it is useless for me to undertake to portray" it to the human mind 11:3.1. The Holy Area, the residential region, is divided into seven concentric zones, "often designated 'the Father's Paradise mansions'" 11:3.3. The innermost belongs to Paradise Citizens and Havona natives; the second is the home of beings from the seven superuniverses 11:3.3. The book gives an ascending scale of residential units and says that all of them together occupy "considerably less than one per cent" of the area assigned 11:3.4.

The periphery holds the landing and dispatching fields; neither upper nor nether Paradise can be approached by transport beings 11:4.1. Here the Seven Master Spirits keep force-focal headquarters 11:4.2, and here are the historic and prophetic exhibit areas of the Creator Sons, seven trillion of them, filling only about four per cent of the area set aside 11:4.3. Paradise, the book concludes, "is large enough to accommodate the activities of an almost infinite creation" 11:4.4.

Nether Paradise and space

Of nether Paradise the book says "we know only that which is revealed; personalities do not sojourn there" 11:5.1. All physical-energy and cosmic-force circuits are said to originate there 11:5.1. Beneath the Trinity lies "the unknown and unrevealed Zone of Infinity," surrounded by an unnamed area 11:5.2-3. The outer margins hold a vast force center of three concentric elliptical zones 11:5.4:

• The inner zone "seems to act as a gigantic heart whose pulsations direct currents to the outermost borders of physical space" 11:5.5.
• The mid-zone expands and contracts in three cycles; "the function of this mid-area has never been really identified," and a popular theory about it has "no evidence or revelation" behind it 11:5.6.
• The outer zone is believed to be the Paradise focalization of the space presence of the Unqualified Absolute 11:5.7.

The outer zone's emanations go out for a little more than a billion years and then come in for a similar period, in step with the expansion and contraction of space 11:5.8-9. The book describes this "respiration" of space while admitting "we do not know the actual mechanism" 11:6.1. Unpervaded space reservoirs above and below Paradise contract as the horizontal universes expand, and the reverse, in the shape of an hourglass 11:6.1-2; a full cycle takes a little over two billion years 11:6.5. Space does not touch Paradise at all; only the quiet midspace zones meet it 11:7.1. A vertical cross section of total space, the book suggests, "would slightly resemble a Maltese cross" 11:7.3.

Gravity and energy

"Gravity is the all-powerful grasp of the physical presence of Paradise" 11:8.1. The Isle is "the center and focal point of absolute material gravity" 11:8.2, and the book distinguishes this absolute Paradise gravity from the local or linear gravity of matter 11:8.3. It describes three stages of response to Paradise gravity: pregravity force, gravity-responsive energy, and postgravity universe power 11:8.4-7.

Paradise is the absolute source and the eternal focal point of all energy-matter in the universe of universes.11:8.9

Not Deity, not a creator

The book is careful about what Paradise is not. It "is not a part of universal creation, not even a real part of the eternal Havona universe" 11:9.2. When the Father gave infinite personal expression of himself in the Eternal Son, "simultaneously he revealed the infinity potential of his nonpersonal self as Paradise" 11:9.3. Paradise "is not Deity; neither is it conscious as mortal man could ever possibly understand such a term" 11:9.4. Nor is it a creator: it "is not ancestral to any being or living entity" 11:9.5. It is instead "the absolute of patterns," with Havona as "an exhibit of these potentials in actuality" 11:9.5, and God's residence is "the beauteous pattern for all universe headquarters worlds" 11:9.6.

Between Paradise and the inner Havona circuit circle three circuits of seven special spheres: the secret worlds of the Father, the luminous worlds of the Son and the worlds of the Spirit, which house the Seven Master Spirits 13:0.1. The innermost Father's world, Divinington, is described as the Paradise rendezvous of the Thought Adjusters 13:1.4.

Paradise as destiny

The book calls Paradise "the realm of primal origin and the final goal of destiny for all spirit personalities," while noting that not all lower spirit beings of the local universes are immediately destined there 11:9.1. Every God-knowing mortal who chooses to do the Father's will "has already embarked upon the long, long Paradise trail" 11:9.8. Ascending mortals finish their training on the inner circuit of Havona, go to sleep there, "but they awaken on the shores of Paradise" 26:11.6, and from there they are admitted to the Corps of the Finality 14:5.4.

Paradise and the Bible

The book borrows several biblical phrases for Paradise. It notes that Paradise is sometimes called "the Father's House" and its seven residential zones "the Father's Paradise mansions" 11:3.3, drawing on the language of John's Gospel Jn 2:16; Jn 14:2. It quotes Paul's "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard," reworded to refer to what the Father has prepared for survivors on the worlds of time and space 11:4.5 Is 64:4; 1 Co 2:9. Its description of gravity as the strand on which the universe is strung ends with the phrase "in whom all things consist" 11:8.1 Col 1:17. In each case the book takes the language and places it in its own picture of a literal central Isle.

Index of references

Faith and understanding pave the way for mortal souls to reach Paradise, where perfection awaits. 26:4.14-15

Proper conduct and philosophy lead pilgrims on Paradise to spiritual heights through divine techniques imparted on the circles of Havona, ultimately acquired on the Isle of Light. 27:4.2 27:5.2

Amida Buddha teachings offer believers the promise of a sojourn in Paradise before reaching Nirvana. 94:12.3

After awakening on Paradise as resident for mortal's 6th jubilee, one is qualified for admission to the Corps of the Finality, signaling the beginning of eternity service. 27:7.8

The broadcasts of Paradise rival the space reports of Havona. 15:9.9

Deities of Paradise transcend time, space, and the material sequence of temporal events, revealing the true nature of the universe. 130:7.4

Father acts as controller through gravity of Paradise, exercising cosmic overcontrol in material and spiritual universes, maintaining direct personal action through fragmentized spirit. 1:2.10 10:3.11 12:6.2

The Father has a place for all of His creatures on Paradise, where personal communion with Him is attainable and approachable. 5:1.8

Father has concentrated all potential for cosmic reality in Paradise, transcending time and space limitations. 11:2.10

Paradise, also known as “the Father's House,” is divided into seven concentric zones, including the inner zone occupied by Paradise Citizens and the outlying region, the residential area of the natives of the seven superuniverses. 11:3.3

From Urantia, gazing through the Milky Way reveals the path to Paradise at the center of the universe. 15:3.3

Geographical divisions of Paradise

• nether Paradise
• All physical-energy and cosmic-force circuits originate on nether Paradise, which is constituted by three concentric elliptical zones surrounding an unknown Zone of Infinity underneath the Trinity. 11:5
• The two billion year space-force cycles govern the expansion and contraction of the universes, as all force and energy circulates throughout, originating from nether Paradise and eventually returning there. 11:5.8-9 11:6.4-5 13:3.2
• Absoluta flows into and out of the inner zone of this force center, directing currents to the outermost borders of physical space, like a gigantic heart pulsating with the primal force of Paradise. 11:5.5
• Personality, spirit, mind, and cosmic gravities form absolute circuits independent of force center in Paradise. 12:3.1-6
• The primal force at the Paradise center acts as a gigantic heart guiding currents to the farthest reaches of space, responsive to the mandates of the infinite Deities. (11:5.5,7)
• The primal force at the center of Paradise acts as a gigantic heart, directing force-energies to the outermost borders of physical space, always obedient to Paradise gravity. 11:5.5 11:8.2
• Deity Absolute does not function on nether Paradise, where personalities do not sojourn, and it has no connection with the affairs of spirit intelligences. 11:5.1
• The upper side of Paradise is dominated by the Trinity, while the nether side is under the focalized presence of the Unqualified Absolute. 11:2.8 11:5.7-8
• The cosmic ancestry of the ultimatons remains a mystery, as the force-charge of space responds to a Paradise origin in conformity with gravity laws. 15:4.1
• The grand universe depends upon unfailing energies from nether Paradise for sustenance. 116:7.2
• The gravitational control centering on nether Paradise harmoniously regulates the material energies of the central universe in perfect balance. 0:3.13 3:2.4 5:6.11 14:2.6
• All energy originally proceeded from Nether Paradise, but not all energies come from there in their present states; space is the womb of various forms of matter and prematter. 11:5.9
• Personalities not present on nether Paradise are focused on the upper side, while the Unqualified Absolute dominates the nether side. 11:2.8 11:5.1 13:1.1
• All physical-energy and cosmic-force circuits originate on nether Paradise, which does not involve spirit intelligences or the Deity Absolute. 11:5.1
• The cosmic-energy work of the Master Spirits is not involved with the force functions of the Unqualified Absolute. 16:4.4
• concentric elliptical zones of absolute force presence
• The concentric elliptical zones of absolute force presence in Paradise direct and modify force-energies, pulsating like a gigantic cosmic heart, with the outermost possibly linked to the Unqualified Absolute. 11:5.2-7 (42:2.4,7)
• # Zone of Infinity. In nether Paradise lies the mysterious and unrevealed Zone of Infinity, surrounded by an unnamed area, where primordial force charges of space are focalized in three concentric elliptical zones. 11:5.2-4
• # Inner zone. The inner zone of Paradise acts as a heart, directing and modifying force-energies throughout physical space with unparalleled pressure and precision. 11:5.5
• # Mid-zone. The mid-zone's unidentified function suggests it plays a crucial role in the reciprocal adjustment between inner and outer zones of the force center. 11:5.6
• # Outer zone. The outer zone serves as the central circuit point of emanations from the Unqualified Absolute, reaching beyond the superuniverses to overspread all outer space. 11:5.7
• peripheral Paradise
• The enormous size of peripheral Paradise accommodates various spirit personalities and serves as a landing and dispatching area, while also holding historic and prophetic exhibit areas for Creator Sons, indicating its vast capacity for an almost infinite creation. 11:4
• Historic and prophetic exhibit areas on peripheral Paradise are allocated to Creator Sons for the local universes, totaling seven trillion reservations occupying just four percent of the assigned space, hinting at creations beyond the known superuniverses. 11:4.3
• The slowly circulating power focuses of the Seven Master Spirits indicate the location of energy stations for the seven superuniverses surrounding Paradise. 11:4.2 13:4.2 15:0.1 16:0.12
• Paradise's central Isle ends abruptly at the periphery, with non-pervaded space nearly impinging upon it, making all personality transports destined to Paradise land in these regions. 11:4.1
• Personality transports utilize nonpervaded-space zones at the periphery of Paradise for landing and dispatching spirit personalities. 11:4.1
• The Seven Supreme Power Directors have their force-focal headquarters on peripheral Paradise, where they regulate energy for the superuniverses and administer the central creation. 11:4.2 29:1.3
• upper Paradise
• On upper Paradise, there are three grand spheres of activity: the Deity presence, the Most Holy Sphere, and the Holy Area, each with unique and sacred functions and significance. 11:3
• The Universal Father resides at the center of Paradise, the dwelling place of Deity, serving as the focal point of the universe. 11:1.1-4 26:7.5
• areas
• # Deity presence. The Deity presence on upper Paradise resides in the Most Holy Sphere, a realm of spiritual grandeur inaccessible to the material world. 11:3.1
• # Most Holy Sphere. The Most Holy Sphere on upper Paradise is a realm of worship, trinitization, and spiritual attainment, devoid of material and intellectual creations. 11:3.1-2
• # Holy Area. The Holy Area of Paradise is divided into seven concentric zones, each designated for the welfare and advancement of specific personalities from the seven superuniverses, with countless residential units available for the glorified individuals on their eternal journey. 11:3.3-4

Goal of Paradise

• The ultimate goal for all supermaterial personalities is Paradise, the realm of primal origin and final destiny. (11:9.1,8)
• Paradise is the perfect pattern for all existence, centering around the Son, Spirit, and Havona in the triodity of actuality. 115:3.14
• The personal presence of the Infinite Spirit on Paradise influences within the confines of the Paradise-Havona system and is exerted elsewhere by one of the Seven Master Spirits. 16:2.3
• Acquiring lessons on the journey to Paradise requires faithful and patient teachers; there are no shortcuts or easy paths. 48:5.7
• Personality dispatch services pass through an executive world in the seventh superuniverse on journeys to and from Paradise, where celestial intelligence staff maintain central registries for all personalities of the Third Source and Center. 17:1.6
• Primary supernaphim, exclusive offspring of the Conjoint Creator, serve in the Paradise-Havona system as highly efficacious angels, furthering essential training and mutual understanding among Paradise Citizens and ascendant pilgrims. 26:1.12 26:2.2 27:0.1
• Children who choose the Paradise path of perfection are immediately prepared for translation to the first mansion world, joining their parents in the Havona ascent, ultimately becoming the permanent ascendant citizenship of Paradise. 47:2.8
• The Conjoint Actor coordinates all levels of universe actuality to enable simultaneous recognition of the mental, material, and spiritual, culminating in reflectivity focusing on Paradise. 9:7.1
• The Eternal Son embodies the Father's infinite spirit, while simultaneously revealing the infinite potential of nonpersonal Paradise. 11:9.3
• The senior Architect of Master Universe co-ordinates all below the level of Deity on the highest absonite level of Paradise. 31:9.3
• Space is a bestowal of Paradise, pervaded by the ancestral space potency of the Unqualified Absolute. 11:7.4
• The physical patterns of all material organizations are derived from the function of the Second Triunity, part of the triunity membership of Paradise. (104:4.9,22)
• Paradise, as the eternal source of energy-matter in the universe of universes, is regulated and revealed by the Unqualified Absolute. 11:8.9
• The values and realities of Paradise are concealed within the facts of the universes, awaiting the eye of faith to discern their enduring spirit. 189:1.3 195:7.4
• about rest of Paradise see link on rest | rest:transition rest

Life on Paradise

• The ascender's identification with spirit values is complete on Paradise levels of attainment, where goodness becomes divinely complete and spiritually replete. 132:2.8-9
• Ascenders’ nonresidential excursions to Paradise are trial trips undertaken with the transit trio before achieving residential status. 26:7.4
• All beings, except those on Paradise, enjoy reversion to re-energizing, as indigenous beings there are incapable of depletion. 48:4.11
• Arriving in Paradise, you will be warmly welcomed, whether accompanied by earthly associates or escorted by temporary companions to your eternal reservation. 25:8.5
• A chance meeting on Paradise reveals more mutual understanding than could be communicated by mortal language in a thousand years. 44:4.3
• In Paradise, all conduct is wholly spontaneous and free, guided by directors to ensure perfect ease and avoid confusion. 27:4.3
• All conduct in Paradise is natural and free, guided by directors to prevent confusion and uncertainty. 27:4.3
• Divine rest, essential to the enjoyment of Paradise, is imparted by the instigators of rest who collaborate with their colleagues on the inner circuit of Havona. 27:1.1
• Attaining Paradise entails new and higher responsibilities, being guided by the counselors of the second circle. 26:10.1
• God's discernable presence is exclusively on Paradise and in the central universe, without limitation in recognition of divine sovereignty and prerogatives. 3:1.6
• The instructional techniques used by Paradise philosophers surpass human comprehension, equivalent to ten thousand years of learning on Earth. 27:6.4
• On Paradise, the directors of conduct serve as glorified teachers and guides, chiefly instructing new mortal residents on the endless array of unfamiliar usages, making the experience inexpressibly strange to them. 27:4.4
• The Census Directors on Paradise possess inherent knowledge of all will creatures in the grand universe and superuniverses. 24:2.2 30:3.5
• Humor is unnecessary in Paradise where joy and worship negate the need for diversion activities. 48:4.16
• All natural law on Paradise is perfectly organized and maintained, free from experimental elements found in other evolving creations. 14:2.6
• Each of the seven sectors of Paradise is subdivided into residential units suitable for the lodgment headquarters of one billion glorified individual working groups, creating a vast and orderly organization of working groups spanning through ascending series leading to the supreme units. 11:3.4
• Paradise pilgrims must rest during transition zones to arrive as citizens, while time-conscious visitors remain creatures of time. 12:5.4
• Residency in Paradise is achieved only after the terminal rest of time, marking the transition from time to eternity for ascendant souls and the attainment of Paradise citizenship. 12:5.4 26:7.4 26:11.6
• The sacred spheres of Paradise emit spiritual luminosity throughout the cosmos, illuminating all in their path. 13:0.3-4
• Service also plays an essential part in the organization of all three orders of angels on Paradise, designated by the chief supernaphim. 27:2.1
• Paradise is a vast sanctuary of divine service, where worship is the first and dominant passion of all beings who have learned enough of God to attain his presence. 27:7.2

Nature of Paradise

• Paradise encompasses all aspects of reality, Deity, divinity, personality, and energy, serving as the origin, function, and destiny of all universe reality. 0:4.11-13
• The space potency of Paradise, as an absoluta primal endowment, shapes all manifestations of force-energy and the organization of power and matter. 11:8.8
• Absolutum, the homogeneous organization of space potency known as the literal substance of Paradise, is the eternal Isle's singular form of materialization. 11:2.9
• All matter is drawn towards Paradise, the Absolute source of energy and matter in the universe, the eternal focal point of creation, and the destiny of immortal souls. 0:4.12 11:2.10 11:8.9 (11:9.7,8) 42:1.2 56:1.1
• The absolute level on Paradise is beginningless, endless, timeless, and spaceless, where all things are present and time and space are nonexistent. 0:1.13 11:2.10-11 12:5.3 14:1.11 56:1.1 65:8.2-3
• Paradise, an Absolute of Infinity, is the eternal foundation for the establishment of gravity control throughout the universes. 105:3.4
• The Absolute of actuality in Paradise reveals the originality of the First Source and Center through the union of the Second, Third, and Paradise Sources and Centers. 115:3.7-10
• The Isle of Paradise possesses control adequate for an infinite universe. 3:4.2 9:0.2
• The Isle of Paradise is the eternal counterpoise to the Eternal Son, embodying both material beauty and spiritual values. 7:0.3
• Paradise does not bestow pattern, while the Son cannot bestow personality. 0:6.13
• The Universal Father presides over the realms of pre-energy, prespirit, and personality; the Eternal Son dominates the spheres of spiritual activities; the presence of the Isle of Paradise unifies the domain of physical energy and materializing power; and the Conjoint Actor operates as a universal manipulator of the forces and energies of Paradise, bringing into existence the universal and absolute mind, especially where energy and spirit associate and interact, dominating all reactions with mind, and exerting a mighty influence over energy and matter. 9:1.4 9:6.7
• Paradise, the absolute source and eternal focal point of all energy-matter, is the uncaused Cause from which energy proceeds, returns to, and is fashioned after. 11:8.9 42:1.6-8
• Paradise is the definite geographic center of infinity and the dwelling place of God, the Universal Father, the Eternal Son, and the Infinite Spirit, serving as the eternal center of the universe of universes. 0:0.5 11:0.1 (11:1.1,3) (11:9.2,7)
• The forces and energies of Paradise are the foundation of the universe, with matter and energy being diverse manifestations of the same cosmic reality, derived from the Universal Father. 42:1
• Paradise is the pattern of infinite Spirit, activated by the God of Action through the agencies of the Third Source and Center. 9:3.8
• The Conjoint Actor acts personally for the Father and the Son, not in response to Paradise, which is not a person. 9:3.7
• Paradise, while not conscious, is still considered part of Deity when reality is differentiated into the personal and the nonpersonal. 11:9.4
• Paradise, the Absolute of material-gravity control, is not Deity or creator, but a unique controller of universe activities. 0:4.12-13 11:9.4-5
• All units of cosmic energy are engaged in primary revolution except the stationary eternal center of gravity, Paradise. (12:4.1,10)
• Paradise is the eternal center of the universe, capable of housing an almost infinite creation. 11:0.1 11:3.3-4 11:4.4
• Paradise is the absolute master pattern for all universes - the foundation of their organization and ultimate destiny. 0:5.5 0:6.13 9:3.8 11:9.5-6 42:1.1 104:5.6 105:3.4 115:3.14
• Paradise, the material fulcrum of infinity, is activated by the God of Action, shaping the pattern of cosmic configuration. 9:3.8 104:4.13-14
• Material light obeys the circular-gravity presence of Paradise. 41:5.6
• Paradise, the eternal center of the universe of universes, is the most gigantic organized body of cosmic reality - a material sphere and spiritual abode for the Universal Father, the Eternal Son, the Infinite Spirit, and their divine co-ordinates and associates. 11:0.1
• On Paradise, matter, mind, and spirit are co-ordinate in the fundamental reality of personality experience. 12:8.14
• Paradise is a member of the triodity of actuality, interrelating with the three absolute actuals. 104:5.2
• The quiescent midspace zones impinge on Paradise, not space. 11:7.1 14:1.2
• On Paradise, mind is absolute; in Havona, absonite; beyond, it becomes increasingly difficult to portray the relationships of mind to nonspiritual energy. 42:10.7
• Monota, the living nonspiritual energy system, is the close kin to divinity when it is Paradise energy. 42:2.19-20
• Motion on Paradise is volitional, while the concept of distance holds meaning in relative locations on the nonspatial realm. 11:2.11
• Paradise is the motionless nucleus between pervaded and unpervaded space, the Absolute of material-gravity control and foundation for all physical universes. 0:4.12 11:7.2 105:3.4
• Emanating eternitywise from the Isle of Paradise is the never-beginning, never-ending, never-moving, never-changing space potency of the Unqualified Absolute. 42:2.3
• Paradise, the Absolute of material-gravity control, exists at the focus of space, with motion determined through its relationship, and is the source of physical universes. 0:4.12 11:2.10-11 11:7 105:3.4
• Paradise, the nuclear Isle of absolute stability, is the eternal core around which the vast creations of time and space revolve within the perfect and divine universe. 14:0.1
• Paradise, of single constitution, is the source of all material universes, perfectly co-ordinated and originating as one in force, energy, and power. 56:1.1
• The seven groups of Paradise are functionally inseparable from God the Sevenfold, comprising the physical-control level of this Deity association. 116:5.9
• Perfection on Paradise is undiluted and sometimes absolute, unaffected by variations in Trinity manifestations in the central universe. 2:2.4
• The stability of Paradise is evidenced by the constancy and eternity of power and energy. 12:8.3
• The eternal Isle of Paradise is the foundation for the realization-revelation of the “I AM force.” 105:3.4
• The Isle of Paradise responds to all physical changes of universes, for “in Him we all live and move and have our being.” 1:5.16
• Paradise, a well-nigh circular and ellipsoidal abode, serves as the dwelling place of Deity and is where the personal presence of the Universal Father is surrounded by the Eternal Son and Infinite Spirit in unspeakable glory. 11:1.1 11:2.2
• The Isle of Paradise, as the absolute source and focal point of material gravity, is the foundation for the control of physical universes by the First Source and Center. 0:4.12 9:3.1 11:8.2 105:3.4
• Time is nonexistent on Paradise, where all things are present in the mind of Infinity and the acts of Eternity. 2:1.5 14:1.11 54:5.13 65:8.1-3
• Tranosta, the transcendental energy system, operates on the upper level of Paradise exclusively in connection with the absonite peoples, as denominated on Uversa. 42:2.18
• Paradise is not a creator; it is a unique controller of universe activities, far more of a controller than a reactor. 0:4.13 11:9.1
• The universe direction is established by the north-south axis on the Isle of Paradise, due to its stationary status and greater out-pressure of force-energy at the north end. 11:2.3
• The eternal quest for unification in Paradise, where universes cohere in divine harmony. 2:7.7
• The eternal counterpoise of the Isle of Paradise upholds all material things, revealing the First Source and Center in both material and spiritual beauty. 7:0.3

Origin

• The Infinite revealed his infinity in the Son and as Paradise, creating a being equal to God, reflective of the Son’s nature, and capable of activating the Paradise pattern. 9:1.7 11:9.3 56:2.2
• The Eternal Father, as the source of the Isle of Paradise and the Original Son, achieved personality through differentiation from I AM, alongside the appearance of the Infinite Spirit and the central universe of Havona, leading to the Trinity association with his two Deity equals and the actualization of Deity potential on various levels. 0:3.22 105:2.6
• Paradise's eternal existence surpasses mortal comprehension, showcasing divine beauty, splendor, and spirit beyond measure. 11:0.2
• The Universal Father, as the eternity-source of Paradise, is the ultimate creator and controller of the universe, encompassing both material and spiritual realms. 1:2.9 42:1.1 56:2.2

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.

• Father's house 11:3.3 — Jn 2:16.
• Many mansions 11:3.3 — Jn 14:2.
• A way for lightning 3:2.4 — Job 28:26; Job 38:25.
• Spirit gravity 11:8.9 — Jer 31:3; Jn 6:44; Jn 12:32.
• Know as we are known 44:4.3 — Jn 10:15; 1 Co 13:12.
• Strangers within the gates 27:4.3 — Ex 20:10; Dt 5:14; Dt 31:12.
• Original pattern 27:2.1 — Ex 25:40; Ezk 43:10; 1 Ti 1:16; Heb 8:5; Heb 9:23.
• Paradise 0:4.11 — Lk 23:43; 2 Co 12:4; Rev 2:7.
• In him all things consist 42:1.2 — Acts 17:28; Col 1:17.
• God is spirit 12:8.14 — Jn 4:24.
• God shares your afflictions 1:5.16 — Is 63:9.
• God triumphs with you 1:5.16 — 2 Co 2:14.
• In Him we live and move ... 1:5.16 — Acts 17:28.
• He inhabits eternity 2:1.5 — Ezk 8:20; Is 57:15.
• He is the beginning and end 2:1.5 — Is 41:4; Is 44:6; Is 48:12; Rev 1:8,11,17; Rev 2:8; Rev 21:6; Rev 22:13.
• I AM 2:1.5 — Ex 3:14.

Where it appears

Paradise is linked in 525 paragraphs of the text; the first 40 are listed.

See also

• sacred spheres of Paradise

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