Paper 30 Overview: Personalities of the Grand Universe

Paper 30 presents two primary classification systems used to organize and understand the vast array of personalities and beings that inhabit the grand universe. The first is the Paradise Classification, which organizes beings according to their relationship with the Paradise Deities, while the second is the Uversa Personality Register, which categorizes beings into seven grand divisions for administrative purposes. These frameworks help comprehend the nearly limitless number of living beings across creation, though both systems are acknowledged to be incomplete revelations.

The paper also details three significant topics beyond the classifications: the seven courtesy colonies that facilitate various functions across the universes, the three composite personality groups that serve special purposes, and most extensively, the seven ascending stages of mortal progression from planetary life to Paradise perfection. This final section reveals the grand journey that awaits human beings after death, showing the careful design behind the universal plan for mortal ascension through progressively higher realms of existence.

The personalities and other-than-personal entities functioning throughout the grand universe comprise a nearly limitless number of living beings that would stagger human imagination. Though presenting complete and consistent classifications of all beings is not possible because not all groups have been revealed, this paper provides two fundamental classification frameworks for better understanding.

The revelators intentionally limit the information provided, as an overrevelation might deprive thinking mortals of creative speculation stimulus over the next thousand years. The paper therefore presents a suggestion of the Paradise classification system and an abbreviated version of the Uversa Personality Register, providing enough information for comprehension while leaving room for imagination to operate in the conceptual spaces left unfilled.

On Paradise, living beings are classified according to their inherent and attained relationship to the Paradise Deities. During grand gatherings in the central and superuniverses, beings are often grouped by their origin: triune origin (Trinity-related), dual origin, or single origin. This classification system, while difficult for mortal minds to comprehend, organizes beings into seven major categories with numerous subcategories within each.

The categories include: Triune-Origin Beings (such as Supreme Spirits and Trinity-origin beings), Dual-Origin Beings (including descending, stationary, and ascending orders), Single-Origin Beings (from Supreme Spirits to the family of the Infinite Spirit), Eventuated Transcendental Beings (the "eventuated children of divinity"), Fragmented Entities of Deity (like Thought Adjusters), Superpersonal Beings (other-than-personal beings of divine origin), and Unclassified and Unrevealed Orders (beings not yet categorized or revealed). This system demonstrates the incredible diversity of personalities throughout the grand universe, from the highest spiritual beings to ascending mortals.

The divine family of living beings is registered on Uversa in seven grand divisions: The Paradise Deities, The Supreme Spirits, The Trinity-origin Beings, The Sons of God, Personalities of the Infinite Spirit, The Universe Power Directors, and The Corps of Permanent Citizenship. Each division contains numerous classes and subdivisions, creating a comprehensive system for categorizing will creatures throughout the grand universe.

The Uversa register also recognizes three composite personality groups that don't fit neatly into the seven divisions: The Paradise Corps of the Finality (including mortal finaliters), The Universe Aids (like Bright and Morning Stars), and The Seven Courtesy Colonies (various service and learning groups). This classification system primarily concerns those personalities involved in the mortal ascension scheme, focusing on beings that ascending mortals will encounter during their progression to Paradise rather than those who operate independently of this scheme.

The seven courtesy colonies reside temporarily on architectural spheres while carrying out their special missions and assignments. These include Star Students (celestial astronomers), Celestial Artisans (creative beings), Reversion Directors (who facilitate relaxation and humor), and Extension-School Instructors (teachers preparing ascenders for their next level). These specialized groups contribute essential services to the functioning of the universes.

The remaining courtesy colonies are the Various Reserve Corps (mobilized on Uversa with seventy primary divisions), Student Visitors (observers and exchange pupils from throughout the universe), and Ascending Pilgrims (those progressing toward Paradise while assigned to various services). These colonies can be found on all headquarters worlds from local systems to superuniverse capitals, with the latter being meeting places for almost all classes and orders of intelligent beings, making them centers of diverse interaction and learning.

The narrative presents seven progressive stages in the universe career of ascending mortals: Planetary Mortals (living on their birth worlds), Sleeping Survivors (awaiting resurrection), Mansion World Students (beginning post-mortal education), Morontia Progressors (traversing transition spheres), Superuniverse Wards (as accredited spirits), Havona Pilgrims (receiving spiritual education), and Paradise Arrivals (who have found God and join the Finality Corps). This pattern, though varying somewhat in different superuniverses, outlines the journey from material existence to spirit perfection.

The paper focuses particularly on Adjuster-fused mortals, explaining how material beings are transformed through progressive stages of existence after death. The journey includes group education on mansion worlds, individual advancement through morontia and spirit stages, and culminates in Paradise residence and finaliter status. The current assignments of finaliters are described as adequate and glorious, though hints are given of future, unrevealed destinies possibly involving the spheres of outer space, suggesting that the divine plan for human ascension may have purposes beyond our current understanding.