I have decide to divorce myself from "The Urantia Book" for a while. I have been reading this extensive collection of papers "...presented by celestial beings as a revelation to our planet, Urantia." The book is divided into two primary parts. The first, "...instructs us on the genesis, history and destiny of humanity and on our relationship with God the Father," while the second part is a complete chronology of Jesus of Nazareth.
Because I admire the Christ story, I began by reading the second part first. While I have always admired Jesus' story, the additional spiritual insight of his life depicted in this book made it much more complete than any of the other biographies of Jesus I have read. The first part of the book is divided into three primary sections, the central and super-universes, the local universe and the history of Urantia (our earth).
I did not read the first part in succession, but by specific subject matter, whichever enticed me at any particular moment. Some of the more interesting papers covered the Universal Father, the spiritual hierarchy, the growth of humanity, our spiritual progression after death, the evolutionary growth of our planet and solar system, the lives of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the life of Melchizedek, and the impact of religion on our society. There are additional interesting papers covering the spectrum of physics and biology. The reading is not always easy, and, more often than not, the book was a precursor to a good night's sleep.
Quite honestly, some of the papers were difficult to digest and, thus, required some faith to take as factual. While much of the information provided cannot be substantiated, it does seem farfetched that someone would go to such elaborate length to create such fiction. One thing, however, has me convinced about the book's authenticity. It is ultimatonic matter. The book describes ultimatomic matter as "the prime physical units of material existence, the energy particles which go to make up electrons." It goes on to say that there are 100 ultimatons in each electron and that these ultimatons cannot be broken down even by the core temperatures of suns which reach 35,000,000 degrees, and that they give electrons their mass.
Why do I pick this out? "Urantia" was published in 1955, at a time when there was no knowledge of sub-electron particles. Science has since discovered the neutronos (ultimatons), and it wasn't until 1998 that it was found that neutronos were not weightless, thereby exhibiting mass. While it is true that I have a difficult time understanding the exact atomic physics, I do know that some of the physics described was unknown at the time it was written.
I'm sure that I'll return to "The Urantia Book" at some time, but, as for now, I plan to move on to some more simplistic spiritual studies and easier reading. Bring on "The Course in Miracles!"
Namaste
