Self-realization
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All living things crave the attainment of ever-increasing perfection of environmental adjustment and organismal adaptation as evidence of an innate striving for perfection. 65:6.2
Through the ascension career, individuals of all backgrounds can achieve satisfaction in self-expression, leading to the realization of their deepest artistic aspirations and noble longings. 44:8.3-5
Self-realization is evil if antisocial, as no being exists in isolation and cosmic socialization is the highest form of personality unification. 56:10.14
True cosmic self-realization comes from identifying with cosmic reality, energy, mind, and spirit within the finite bounds of space and time. 94:11.6
Innate drives toward self-realization function unless inhibited; fostering spiritual growth through wholehearted devotion to supreme values transcends temporal conditions in influencing religious experience. 100:1.6
Through the collaboration of celestial artisans, mortal aspirations and morontia achievements are harmonized and enhanced, guiding gifted individuals toward self-realization and artistic perfection. 44:8
Through achieving Godlikeness, every God-knowing being possesses the potential for unlimited self-expression on progressive levels of unified self-realization. 44:7.4
The full realization of mortal life is a progressive willingness to believe in reason, wisdom, and faith, leading to a truth and love-driven existence guided by the ideals of cosmic reality. 103:9.9
A moral society should allow all the opportunity for self-realization and aim to preserve the self-respect of its citizenry. 71:3.9
Stoicism is not a high order of self-realization; true self-realization is dynamic, progressive, and alive with universe reality. 12:5.10
Human self-realization is a worthy goal that society should prioritize over self-perpetuation, self-maintenance, and self-gratification. 68:2.3
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.
- No man lives by himself 56:10.14 — Ro 14:7.
- If be greatest, become server 56:10.14 — Mt 20:26-27; Mt 23:11-12; Mk 9:35; Mk 10:43-44; Lk 22:26.
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