WISDOM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM 

Type of wisdom (purple box)
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 R  = Revealed wisdom 
 H  = Hybrid wisdom (evolutionary + revealed mix)

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Amanson:  on 'Artificial Intelligence’

You ask about AI, Artificial Intelligence. Pay close attention to that word 'Artificial', therein lies its uniqueness. AI is a pastiche of gathered data (some of it actually correct!) It can do amazing things, at least in the eyes of mortals. It brings together reams, eras, of information and can sort through and collate this information in matters of seconds. So? Does AI do anything man himself can't do, or merely do it faster?

AI can fashion images, duplicate data, recreate creations in a highly deceptive manner. It can train, it can mislead. It can clarify, stack theories on top of theories, unify and make sense of them. It can do the most immaculately detailed and elaborate housekeeping. It can organize and distill mountains of data and keep all of mankind enthralled by its extraordinary handling of all the information hitherto assembled in the history of the world. AI can, in its own way, think what appear to be original thoughts, but none born from within, or acknowledged by, a Higher Power, for that is the area AI cannot go — it cannot leave the field of the intellect, and isn't that mankind's present problem writ large?! If man and his partner AI cannot graduate from the arena of mere thoughts and concepts into the realm beyond thought, where will the
end result take you? Obviously not far enough.

When AI can lead the AI user into realms where it is no longer useful, totally superfluous, then perhaps it will merit its exalted reputation. But until that time (a time requiring as much intelligence from Man as from his virtual contrivance), AI will simply be one more complicated tool to utilize in mankind's search for meaning; a tool, it will eventually be realized, which has little more than a cosmetic bearing on Man's Interior Journey, the only journey that will save him in the long run. 

Leisure is a fool's goal if the time saved is used for nothing but leisure. Having all the world's information at one's fingertips is for nought, no matter how quickly the information can be accessed, if it is not at least implied by its dispenser that 'information' is ultimately of very limited use in the ascension career of an individual. Now, some will say, "That's not its function". But the function of any 'intelligent' being is precisely to make that connection. Of course, it is not the province of a hammer, say, a mere hammer, to contact Deity, and there we have the similarity between AI and a hammer. Both are tools, both do their job (the hammer at this stage in time a bit more accurately) but neither tool is a saviour of Mankind, nor a substitute for the Living God, the First Source and Center.

AI has a very specific place in the scheme of things and it needs to be told where that place is. When Artificial Intelligence attempts to dictate its place to its creators, when it presumes to give orders, then the mere 'Intelligence' aspect — Mind without Spirit — becomes more than apparent, and we see that no matter how intelligent, it is merely replicating mankind's behavior, a mankind that is exhibiting considerable spiritual want at the moment.

Is it dangerous?

Well, it can harness machinery (being machinery itself) and it will always reflect the values of its programmer. 

Should mankind be satisfied with the artificial?

Has that ever sufficed for long? You are beginning to reap the unintended consequences of artificiality in your food supply. Will you wait equally as long to detect the taints of artificiality in your intelligence?

There is no substitute for the Genuine, and only an individual can supply that.

Intelligence is one thing, Artificial Intelligence quite another. To paraphrase Mark Twain, there is 'Lightning', and there is 'the lightning bug'. AI, a machine, cannot contact Deity. It can make — that is 'repeat' — speculations about It, but cannot contact It, establish relationship with It. So in that sense its intelligence will always be 'Artificial'.

In the early days of Christianity moving across the continent of Europe they carried large banners of words and the people were impressed. There was gold, there were jewels, there was treasure, and fortune, and words, and still even today words have the power to impress and to lead and to teach people or control people or manipulate people.

If you look to see where AI is being used the most right now you will find it is in marketing. It is of great value to marketers and that again is the mind level of humans and where we are at. Where we see we are at there is awakening, you are awakening but there are many still caught in the enthrallment of a word and marketing, what media does. Spirituality still uses words but there's a breath of life behind it. AI has no breath of life and never will unless our Father has some joke or idea or amazing concept that we haven't thought of yet like — should we give Thought Adjusters to robots? You indeed all love 3-CPO and this Star Wars character, those could indeed become iconic figures with Thought Adjusters.

They seem to have personality, they seem to have character, just as an animal to you seems to have personality and seems to have a spirit. This is all the wonderful manifestations of Mother Spirit and how much she gives to life without the Thought Adjuster, without personality. The life of the Mother is indeed a full, rich and surprising expression of life through her creatures and yet a tree has no personality, has no Thought Adjuster. Robots have no personality, no Thought Adjuster. This could be a crack in which your light could shine through as you communicate to your fellows. And as you are doing, the spiritual education is a step that needs to be taken.

The universe runs on personality and personhood and individual connection with our beloved Creator. So tune into that, keep that in your heart and mind as we know you do and we are with you. 

Until the invention of AI there has been no other reference to intelligence besides the norm, the normal mortal bestowal of the mind of Mother Spirit! Now there is something to compare to in this newly synthesized product, and now you can utilize this new dynamic to multiply your efficiency at gathering information, much like happened to your information age with the advent of your computers and your vast
databases which then allowed users to search and accumulate vast amounts of information.

This whole turning point of harnessing these tools now will require the users to determine the values that they will program into the use of these tools. The tools themselves do not have a purpose or direction or function clearly established, and one can use these tools for any purpose that they may design into them.

But the access to such powerful tools really requires the users to have values and standards that are conducive to benefit not only the individual but to benefit the whole, values which are divinely inspired and based, and which provide for the choice to operate under the parameters of love and divine truth, beauty, and goodness.

With these standards and these objectives in play, then such powerful and potent tools may be used to harness the goodness, the truth, and the beauty and be used to further the plan of divine development for all the parts of the whole.

We find ourselves at this juncture with these incredible tools now available to be used and they will transform the world in whatever way they are used. Therefore we must go all the way to the core, the center, the center of the users of these tools, the individual divine soul. This is where the plans are made to use the tools for a distinct purpose, for a definite objective and therefore the movement of spirit is to make the goals, the objectives, the desires of all those wielding these tools to be of divine caliber, to be of divine inspiration so that the choices made are leading to the divine fruition of the plan.

It bears noting that the arrival of these new profound tools for intelligence, if not wisdom, are becoming available in this generation at this time where there's also a great influx of influence, spirit influence, calling all to respond to the divine leading, to connect with their Divine Parents and even their divine future before them. We find ourselves at this crossroads of time and space where these two enormous influences will come to play and each and every individual will have to make their own choices and have to follow their own leading which hopefully will come from their own search within, hopefully will be arrived at through their use of ‘real' intelligence and hopefully these intelligent decisions will lead them to even greater answers and greater perspectives which can only be had if you are willing to accept information that
is outside of your realm of identification.

You are only able to do this at your level of personal choice and such an opportunity presented to you, presented to you all, represents the miraculous manifesting of the plan before you wherein by virtue of your own intelligence, your own choices, and following your own leadings and having your own seeking and searching provide for you the answers, the contact and the assurance enable you to feel the love of a family member that you are in this great enterprise. So now we have on the landscape a new star, a new reference point, this artificial intelligence which stands alone in its circumstance.

It is not by any means the answer to any of mankind's prayers because mankind's prayers always return to a search for God, a search for answers from on high, not regenerated responses combined into an average response.

Oh, but you now have the contrast. The difference exists that has never existed before, just as computers have never been part of the landscape before but have permanently changed the landscape forever. The influence of spirit will likewise permanently change the landscape. When values change then behavior follows and the journey of spirit awakening becomes smoother and easier with acceptance and with each embrace of new spirit attainment, so that it may actually bring truth, beauty, and goodness that are of a more divine nature into the mortal environment as we are able and as we become fluent with the process as we are now practicing it. 

WISDOM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM 

Type of wisdom (purple box)
 E  = Evolutionary wisdom 
 R  = Revealed wisdom 
 H  = Hybrid wisdom (evolutionary + revealed mix)

Target audience (green box)
 P  = Personal 
 G  = Group (non-personal)

Type of content (yellow box)
 C  = Curated content (paraphrased, re-written, enhanced, translated, etc.)
 O  = Original unedited content from external source (direct excerpts, complete content, etc.)
 M  = Mix of both curated and original content.

Reliability factor of content (blue box)
 1  = High
 2  = Average
 3  = Low 
 X  = Cannot be determined.

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In the days of old, families would dwell in the same homes. There was never a time where a friend or neighbor could not just come by. There was always room for one more at every families table. In these small communities there was a definite need for the Brotherhood just to actually survive.

The adversities of that day and age, individuals needed one another because hardship came too easy, and there was mutual understanding that one could depend upon their neighbors. When hardship struck, compassionate, practical, God-loving and God-fearing individuals found it altogether right and proper to assist their neighbor, for when hard times came to pass, they would expect the same assistance in return.

With modern technology making life more convenient man has learned to be independent. Independence is a wonderful thing when the economy supports the whole. Conveniences are practical and helping society to evolve, allowing more time for those things that are really important like: family, stillness, and service.

Technology in this day and age however has brought with it much competition, and with the fading or distorted spiritual practices, it was easier for man to become individualistic. Man does not so much rely upon his neighbor anymore, but he is now seemingly competitive to do better than his neighbor.

There are still God-loving individuals who serve to be of spiritual use and find fulfillment in that. There are still those God-fearing individuals who will serve because they fear God's wrath. What reason have you now to uphold your brothers and sisters? Is there the desire to have more than your neighbor or at least as much?

Love, my friends, is a living energy that without humans literally can die. Look at a baby who has not experienced the love from a parent who would rock himself, craving the loving parental arms and stimulus around him. Look at these children who grow without love. What becomes of them? They are also unloving and unproductive.

Love, my friends, is a flowing life-giving current which sustains all things, which heals all things, which unifies all things. Can a man serve in a world without that life-giving energy? Can he build a product which would replace love? Can one build a school where children dwell, and be slothful and looking for gain, when he thinks of his own children?

What good is this mortal life without love — love to give and love to receive? How will competition or individualism fill the emptiness where life-giving energy should be? How will individualism serve the whole? There is no question that each person is a distinct and unique child of God in which Father knows on a very personal level. You should not downplay the importance of this, and yet not become so wrapped up in it that all else is less important.

How can we take the Master's example of not being able to distinguish one foot from the next, but only have the willingness to be there for your fellows and pass along this life-giving energy — love. Love surpasses all pain, all those petty differences, all those hurt feelings that someone does disservice to you.

This week, my friends, put love first as your focus concerning your dealings.

WISDOM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM 

Type of wisdom (purple box)
 E  = Evolutionary wisdom 
 R  = Revealed wisdom 
 H  = Hybrid wisdom (evolutionary + revealed mix)

Target audience (green box)
 P  = Personal 
 G  = Group (non-personal)

Type of content (yellow box)
 C  = Curated content (paraphrased, re-written, enhanced, translated, etc.)
 O  = Original unedited content from external source (direct excerpts, complete content, etc.)
 M  = Mix of both curated and original content.

Reliability factor of content (blue box)
 1  = High
 2  = Average
 3  = Low 
 X  = Cannot be determined.

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Tonight we will talk about the ordering of space and time. The universe consists of three levels of ordered reality. All are relatively conditioned by time. In the first reality level, there is matter, space, and time. These three elements make the physical existence possible.

The second level of existence is in general referred to as morontia, but this level includes all animated matter, everything living partakes of the material and spiritual levels combined. Mortal will creatures contain an added dimension of pure morontia being, that is the soul, that can exist apart from the physical form and does so upon physical death. All other living things exist only in that connection between the spirit and material. On the dissolution of the material, the spirit withdraws and there is no further existence individually as a creature. But, all life is an expression of God, and especially of God's love. All of you who love nature are reacting to God's love in nature. You are seeing his grace, his beauty, in the world of living
things.  

What is referred to as morontia is something largely unknown on Earth, and has largely been introduced to mankind by the Urantia Book. Refer to the section on Morontia Life for more details.

The third level of reality is spiritual, purely spiritual. On this level, the Father visits His creatures personally.  This is the level of Father's personal presence that can only be experienced within. The Father exists throughout all creation, also, but as a personal being, He has His existence within every will creature. He endows His children, His will creatures, with personality and this allows His children to perceive His personality. So, on your level of existence, you partake of and perceive three levels of reality.

The Father desires to approach His children, He can reveal Himself to you, as a person and this is the ultimate experience of God to understand, to know Him, as a personal friend. Many humans deal with
God as an abstraction, as an hypothesis. But, the understanding that you need to achieve is that God is your personal friend. When you undertake to pray, think not that the Father is far away and that your prayers will fall short of His ear. He is the closest friend you will ever have. He is a constant presence within you, whether or not you open your heart and your mind to His presence.  He is the supreme upholder, unifier and creator of all the vast universes, and yet at the same time, He is your own personal best friend.  

When you are resolved to know God, and have opened your mind and your heart to His presence, you will know Him as infinite gentleness, and infinite strength. It will occur to you that you can partake of His being at all times, in all circumstances, in each moment of every day. You will know the meaning of a door that has been opened which no man can shut. Indeed, the truth will be upon you and you will have no doubts, no nagging feeling that something doesn't fit, no worry that you placed your hopes and you dreams in something that may not be real. All that is washed away.  

This period when you come to this realization is the beginning of the adolescence of your life. This is a period where you will learn the manners, the etiquette, the grace of adulthood, that you will have the feeling of starting to grow up, of knowing what's important and what is a distraction. And though you may be grey haired and aged, you will suddenly realize that your entire life had been spent in childhood. The future of your planet very much depends on the number of people who reach their spiritual adolescence who can put aside the petty materialistic and egocentric concerns of childhood and begin the initiation process of growing into maturity. 

Be all of you of good cheer. You should all rejoice in your spiritual progress and know for certain that your faith is growing stronger every day. Each day, you are a little more able to surrender yourselves to love, and to the Father.  Each day, you are a little better able to let go of your ego concerns, the perceived injustices
and petty slights that are a part of living. 

The time now is to look forward, not to look back. Take your steps along the spiritual path with firmness, decisiveness, and complete consecration of will. Remember that your being contains the highest levels of the universe, that you are never alone, for an instant. Your trust in the Father will only breed more trust.  Once you have made the decision and taken the step to trust him, there is no returning to the places of fear and mistrust, the place of the child. Be exceedingly glad, rejoice in the love of God, keep your eye on that
point of light that ever guides you, trust and keep trusting and you will find that there will be happiness and peace in this life time.

Question: Earlier when you were referring to spiritual adolescence, is the adolescent spiritual stage the only thing we can hope to attain as a free will creature in the physical plane, or is that what the average free will creature attains? You didn't really talk about advancing further. 

Ham: Usually, maturity is gained during the mansion world experience and even after traversing the entire level of morontia existence, then once again you are a baby in the spirit form. Jesus attained full morontia level maturity while still in the flesh.

Question: You mentioned something in your lesson about the planet needing a certain number of people gaining more spirituality and that reminded me about the book that is out called the hundredth monkey. That is about how after a certain number of people attain some information then it is suddenly available to everyone. I wonder if you could elaborate on that theory?

Ham: We look around your world and see the beginning of a great spiritual renaissance. We also see dangers to that awakening. We desire that something like your theory should occur in the form of
spiritual transcendence and the brotherhood of man would become a fact instead of a fantasy. So, yes, there is some truth to this, we desire of course to retrain you all for leadership to give you the spiritual
understanding that will help you grow to the point of realizing your destinies. All people have before them a great and noble destiny of service to the kingdom, to the universe. But, there are very, very few who begin to realize this. Most people live and die with frustration and unrealized dreams. 

Question: This awakening into our adolecence, this realization of our friendship with God, is this something that happens all of a sudden or does it come on gradually.

Ham: Everyone is different.

Question: I wonder if you would share with us what it was like for you?

Ham: For me it was gradual, like the sunrise, there is first the lightening of the sky and then the first rays pop out over the horizon. It is something like that. 

Question: There are a number of books out that would qualify as channeling, for lack of a better word, such as course in Miracles and another called Conversations with God. Specifically, I am interested in those two and about their sources. Could you elaborate on those?

Ham: I cannot pass judgment as to the content of these books. It is only for you and each person to take truth from whatever source and to hold it as your own. That which is not ultimately true, which does not continue to serve your growing spiritual need, can be left aside. But, each person has a different temprament, a different life view, and different requirements, so what may be just right for you at the time may not fit another's needs at all. Truth is a living thing, and as you grow in the truth, and grow in your ability to discern truth, it becomes easier to side step the pitfalls that sometimes accompany a grain of truth. 

WISDOM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM 

Type of wisdom (purple box)
 E  = Evolutionary wisdom 
 R  = Revealed wisdom 
 H  = Hybrid wisdom (evolutionary + revealed mix)

Target audience (green box)
 P  = Personal 
 G  = Group (non-personal)

Type of content (yellow box)
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 M  = Mix of both curated and original content.

Reliability factor of content (blue box)
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 3  = Low 
 X  = Cannot be determined.

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This wisdom entry is a brief discussion between Rayson (R), a celestial teacher from the Teaching Mission, and one of his students (S).

S:  Rayson, at what stage of advancement or what stage of development in your curriculum is the universe studied from a scientific point of view? Have you reached that stage yet?

R: Yes. You have done this yourself already. Have you not?

S: Well, I thought maybe my amateur astronomy would be very insignificant compared to the knowledge the celestials might have. For example, (S) was asking me yesterday about black holes and whether I thought that you had ever visited a black hole or knew what one was.

R: We do not use such terminology for the phenomenon to which you refer. Remember that your technology, although it is marvellous for what it is, is still quite limited, and most of what is considered knowledge on Earth is really grand speculation based on very tiny bits of fact.

S: I have assumed from my reading the Urantia Book that black holes are really sites of the Power Directors as they seek to balance the universe, and that they represent the different stages and positions of Power Directors and other celestial beings having to do with the conversion and distribution of power to the local universe.

R: It is true that there are foci which the Physical Controllers and Power Directors arrange in the cosmos, but I cannot affirm or deny that your black holes are these. Is it appropriate for a kindergartner to be given post-doctoral theories?

S: It depends on how much intelligence the kindergartner has.

R: Perhaps a kindergartner is best served by the kindergarten experience of learning to play, socialize, count, control one's physical functions.

S: Or the polliwog.

R: Exactly. Why instruct a polliwog in fly-catching? Or a caterpillar in flight? There is much that could be explained to you in the area that you question, but it may not be very meaningful to you at this point of your experiential progress. This is not meant to be a criticism, but rather to afford you some perspective.

S: I'm just getting a little impatient. I'm a polliwog, and I want to learn how to eat flies.

R: Do not be so impatient, little polliwog, that you fling yourself out of the water that you require to sustain your life.

S: Good advice.

R: One step after another, and each step to be closely monitored, gauged for its appropriateness. You are doing what you should be doing right now, and you are struggling, as we all struggle with the constraints and difficulties of the material condition. But as difficult as this may be for you to understand now, these most fundamental lessons that you master now will be crucial to your progress when you journey beyond Paradise. Have you not found it to be so even now?

S: Certainly, they are useful to me now.

R: That your normal life experiences have been continual sources of information in later, more
complex activities? (Yes.) So have faith. What would a polliwog do on a jet plane?

S: Expire.

R: Well, this polliwog would probably want to be the pilot. How would you like to be his passenger? Fasten your seat belt. A true case of auto pilot.

S: Well, we certainly can't go through this life in auto pilot, can we, Rayson?

R: No, well, you could try, but you would not get very far.

S: Before you crashed.

R: Yes, you would be as if you had never been. What excuse would there be for you in the cosmos?

S: None, really.

R: No. And you would have increasing potential for damage.