“God the Supreme is the personalization of all universe
experience, the focalization of all finite evolution, the
maximization of all creature reality, the consummation of cosmic
wisdom, the embodiment of the harmonious beauties of the galaxies
of time, the truth of cosmic mind meanings, and the goodness of
supreme spirit values. And God the Supreme will, in the eternal
future, synthesize these manifold finite diversities into one
experientially meaningful whole, even as they are now
existentially united on absolute levels in the Paradise Trinity.”

The remaining passages pertain to the functions of
providence.

“Providence does not mean that God has decided all things
for us and in advance. God loves us too much to do that, for
that would be nothing short of cosmic tyranny. Man does have
relative powers of choice. Neither is the divine love that
shortsighted affection which would pamper the children of men.”
[P1304].

“But what man calls providence is all too often the product
of his own imagination, the fortuitous juxtaposition of the
circumstances of chance. There is, however, a real and emerging
providence in the finite realm of universe existence, a true and
actualizing correlation of the energies of space, the motions of
time, the thoughts of intellect, the ideals of character, the
desires of spiritual natures, and the purposive volitional acts
of evolving personalities. The circumstances of the material
realms find final finite integration in the interlocking
presences of the Supreme and the Ultimate.”

“Some of the amazingly fortuitous conditions occasionally
prevailing on the evolutionary worlds may be due to the gradually
emerging presence of the Supreme, the foretasting of his future
universe activities. Most of what a mortal would call
providential is not, his judgment of such matters is very
handicapped by lack of farsighted vision into the true meanings
of the circumstances of life. Much of what a mortal would call
good luck might really be bad luck; the smile of fortune that
bestows unearned leisure and undeserved wealth may be the
greatest of human afflictions; the apparent cruelty of a perverse
fate that heaps tribulation upon some suffering mortal may in
reality be the tempering fire that is transmuting the soft iron
of immature personality into the tempered steel of real
character.”

“As the systems, constellations, universes, and
superuniverses become settled in light and life, the Supreme
increasingly emerges as the meaningful correlator of all that is
transpiring, while the Ultimate gradually emerges as the
transcendental unifier of all things.” [P1305].

“On a planet of this advanced order, providence has become
an actuality, the circumstances of life are correlated, but this
is not only because man has come to dominate the material
problems of his world; it is also because he has begun to live
according to the trend of the universes; he is following the
pathway of Supremacy to the attainment of the Universal Father.”

“The kingdom of God is in the hearts of men, and when this
kingdom becomes actual in the heart of every individual on a
world, then God’s rule has become actual on that planet; and this
is the attained sovereignty of the Supreme Being.” [P1306].

“When men pray for providential intervention in the
circumstances of life, many times the answer to their prayer is
their own changed attitudes toward life. But providence is not
whimsical, neither is it fantastic nor magical. It is the slow
and sure emergence of the mighty sovereign of the finite
universes, whose majestic presence the evolving creatures
occasionally detect in their universe progressions. Providence
is the sure and certain march of the galaxies of space and the
personalities of time toward the goals of eternity, first in the
Supreme, then in the Ultimate, and perhaps in the Absolute. And
in infinity we believe there is the same providence, and this is
the will, the actions, the purpose of the Paradise Trinity thus
motivating the cosmic panorama of universes upon universes.”
[P1307].

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