The Cosmic Citizen
Are you ready to courageously follow your own sense of mercy, justice, and truth? Are you searching for religious teachings that make sense? Are you having a hard time accepting teachings which seem spiritually unholy and untruthful? Then, have we got a show for you! The Cosmic Citizen is a show for progressive religionists and spiritual people who are ready to find a spirituality worthy of an age of science and enlightenment. Our hosts, Paula Thompson, Andre Radatus , Chuck Thurston, Pamela Chaddock, and Marvin Gawryn are ministers, students and scholars of The Urantia Book, all with at least four decades of experience with it. We sometimes interview guests on topics related to modern and progressive spirituality, but most often we explore The Urantia Book together on air. We embrace diversity, civil and intelligent dialogue, and a willingness to serve a purpose that is true, beautiful and good. Please join us!
Episodes
This week on The Cosmic Citizen, we focused on Urantia Paper 15, Section 6: The Spheres of Space.
Mapping the Cosmic Landscape!
In this episode of The Cosmic Citizen, we journeyed into Section 6 of Urantia Paper 15 to explore the breathtaking diversity of space bodies that populate the seven superuniverses. From blazing suns and mysterious dark islands to comets, plane...
This section explores how the physical spheres of the universe (suns, planets, and other celestial bodies) come into being. As we read last week, this section reiterates that most of the mass in the superuniverses originates from the nebulae, which are the vast cosmic formati...
This section offers a fascinating glimpse into the cosmic mechanics behind universe formation, blending spiritual insight with astrophysics. It’s more than timely, given what the James Webb Telescope is revealing to the world daily.
This section explains that creati...
Our superuniverse, Orvonton, is the seventh grand division of the grand universe. Most of the starry realms visible from Earth belong to Orvonton and the vast Milky Way starry system represents its central nucleus.
Orvonton consists of suns, dark islands of space, doubl...
Paper 15 explores the vast cosmic structure surrounding the central universe of Havona, describing how the seven superuniverses move in an orderly counterclockwise procession around the Central Isle of Paradise, forming a grand cosmic wheel with Paradise...
This paper explores the vast cosmic structure of the universe as described in The Urantia Book. It presents a grand vision of the seven superuniverses revolving around the great nuclear hub of the cosmos, the central Isle of Paradise.
In this first study, we explored the concept that, from the perspective of the Universal F...
What a fantastic study of Paper 14 this was. Here is what we covered overall:
At the very center of all creation lies a marvel beyond human imagination: the perfect and divine universe of Havona, containing one billion pristine worlds arranged in seven cosmic cir...
The Central Universe, AKA Havona, serves as the grand design of existence. It is the perfect model for all Creation. It’s a universe that is replete, unlike the evolving universes that surround it. It is also the final training ground and the ultimate destination...
This section describes the unique and extraordinary nature of existence in the central universe. Unlike the evolutionary worlds of time and space, Havona is a realm of absolute perfection, where life is inherently harmonious and free from the struggles of material existence.
It explains that Havona inhabitant...
This section describes the diverse forms of life in Havona, the perfect and eternal central universe. It teaches that seven basic types of beings exist there.
Unlike life on the evolutionary worlds, decay and death do not exist in Havona. The natives of Hav...
Urantia Paper 14—The Central and Divine Universe—§3. The Havona Worlds
On this episode of The Cosmic Citizen, we continue exploring Urantia Paper 14, The Central and Divine Universe, with a reading of Section 3. The Havona Worlds.
This section delves into the intricate organization and purpose of the billion spheres that constitute Havona. These worlds are arranged in seven concentric circuits, each with distinct c...
This section explores the unique constitution of the Havona universe, which is described as a divine creation with material worlds distinct from those found in the evolutionary universes of time and space. Although Havona worlds are literal and material, their substance and energy syste...
This amazing paper explores Havona, the perfect and eternal central universe. It emphasizes the unparalleled beauty, organization, and spiritual significance of Havona, and portrays it as the ultimate expression of divine creativity and purpose.
We ...
This time we break from Urantia Book study to interview our friend, the talented and gifted, Zshonette "Z" Reed, penname Zelise, on her new book:
The Divine Adventure: Why We Exist - A Unique Conversation.
Zshonette has written her new book under the pen name Zelise, to keep it separate from her long professional career as an attorney.
The fruits of her other splendid career as a minister can be fou...
This section focuses on the seven luminous spheres associated with the Eternal Son. These spheres are described as the worlds of the seven phases of pure...
This week on The Cosmic Citizen we continue with our study of The Urantia Book's Paper 13 – The Sacred Spheres of Paradise, with a reading of Section 2: Father-World Relationships.
In the last two weeks we covered the introduction to this paper and Section 1: "The Seven Sacred Worlds of the Father."
This section further explains how the seven sacred spheres...
Last week we read the preamble of the paper and about four of the Father's Sacred Spheres. We read about Divinington, Sonarington, Spiritington and Vicegerington.
This week we will continue with the last three of the Seven Sacred Spheres of the Father:
Solitarington: The "bosom o...
Between the central Isle of Paradise and the innermost Havona planetary circuits, there are three lesser circuits of special spheres. They include the seven secret spheres of the Universal Father (innermost circuit), the seven luminous worlds of the Eternal Son (middle circuit), and the seven immense spheres of the Infinite Spirit ...
This section underscores the importance of personality and spirit in understanding and experiencing the universe.
It emphasizes that spirit is the basic personal reality in the universes and is essential to all experiences involving spiritual reality....
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