Paper 48 Overview: The Morontia Life

The morontia life is the transition stage between material existence and spirit life. The Gods do not transform material beings into perfected spirits instantly. Instead, they created a gradual progression through morontia worlds. This transition phase allows us to slowly change from physical to spiritual beings. Death is not magic that instantly transforms us into spirits, but the beginning of a journey through many stages.

When we leave our physical bodies at death, we awaken on mansion worlds as morontia beings. These worlds help us learn and grow as we move toward spirit life. We will have 570 different morontia bodies as we progress, changing little by little until we become true spirit beings.

The Gods cannot instantly transform material creatures into perfected spirits by magic. Creators make perfect beings through direct creation, but they never convert material beings to perfection in a single step. The morontia life serves as the necessary bridge between material existence and spirit status.

Death has no power to change a mortal into a perfected spirit. Such beliefs are just superstitions. The morontia transition always comes between mortal life and spirit existence. This transition system varies somewhat across the universe but serves the same purpose everywhere.

The morontia realms connect the material and spiritual levels of existence. Urantia has known about the reality of the morontia level of existence since early times, though the concept appears in distorted form in modern religions. The morontia spheres are where mortals progress through the local universe.

Only seven worlds around the local systems are called mansion worlds, but all fifty-six transition spheres are morontia worlds. These worlds have both physical beauty and morontia grandeur. They have twice as many elements as evolved planets and include a unique energy called morontia material.

These special beings work with spiritual and physical energies. They focus on helping with morontia progression by creating a transition environment. They don't directly help mortals but make the morontia worlds possible through their energy work.

Morontia Power Supervisors come from the local universe Mother Spirit. They have standard designs and need no training. The first ones were created when the first mortal reached a mansion world. They come in seven types: Circuit Regulators, System Co-ordinators, Planetary Custodians, Combined Controllers, Liaison Stabilizers, Selective Assorters, and Associate Registrars.

These beings are created by the local universe Mother Spirit. They are made in groups of one hundred thousand, and Nebadon has over seventy billion of them. They are trained by Melchizedeks near Salvington and serve under the Sons of God.

Morontia Companions maintain headquarters on each first mansion world. They govern themselves and are generally loyal, though some were lost during the Lucifer rebellion. There are two types: aggressive and retiring. They are not sexually differentiated but show beautiful affection for each other and have distinct personalities, as humans do.

Just as we enjoy humor here, we will enjoy a morontia equivalent to humor and laughter. The ascendant life balances work and play equally. The reversion directors help with relaxation and provide superhuman humor. They are like higher humorists, helping with change and relaxation in morontia and spirit realms.

Spirit humor never makes fun of the weak or mocks divinity. It has three levels: memories of past experiences, finding joy in seeing present worries as unimportant, and finding satisfaction in knowing things work out for good. These directors also lead diversions and recreation with help from celestial artisans.

These teachers are glorified cherubim and sanobim. When mortals move to mansion worlds, their guardian seraphim no longer needs cherubim and sanobim assistants. These former assistants become Mansion World Teachers after special training.

These teachers work in pairs and are supervised by Morontia Companions. They teach individuals, groups, classes, and masses. On mansion worlds, they organize schools of thinking, feeling, and doing. They teach things mortals could have learned on earth but didn't.

While all angels serve on morontia worlds, transition ministers focus specifically on helping material beings move into early morontia life. These sixth-order seraphim help in seven ways: as evangelists, racial interpreters, mind planners, morontia counselors, technicians, recorder-teachers, and ministering reserves.

The morontia life actually begins at the birth of the soul, when the Thought Adjuster indwells a moral mind. But you won't be aware of transition ministers until reaching mansion worlds. These angels tirelessly work to advance mortals through seven specialized services.

Mota is a type of morontia philosophy. Lower morontia mota connects with higher human philosophy. On the first mansion world, beginning students learn through parallel techniques, seeing mota concepts alongside similar human philosophical statements. Twenty-eight human philosophical statements help new mansion world students understand morontia mota.

These statements include ideas like: skill doesn't equal spiritual capacity; few live up to their faith; difficulties challenge mediocrity but stimulate true children of God; action achieves strength; ambition is dangerous until socialized; and many other wise teachings that help bridge human philosophy to higher morontia understanding.

From mansion world graduation until becoming spirits, ascending mortals are called morontia progressors. This borderland experience will be unforgettable as you move toward finding God on Paradise. There is divine purpose in this training, giving creatures gradual opportunities to master universe operations.

Mortal survival isn't just for endless bliss; there's a goal of service beyond the present age. The universe wouldn't be a vast training school if the purpose was merely eternal relaxation. In your universe career, you'll experience every possible phase of creature existence, growing from mortal to finaliter through a proven path of progression.