INTRODUCTION: What is Ultimacy?

Ultimacy according to the Urantia Book.

The Urantia Papers use two broad terms to make us aware of primary levels of universe functionality, which can also be termed as motion, as in growth involves motion. Supreme and Ultimate. Both these terms cover broad concepts. Principles that encapsulate laws and mechanics and creative intents and actions/motion of all sorts.

In contrast where/when things are absolute and perfect there is no growth required and therefore no motion in that sense. This subtlety about motion can be useful to keep in mind when discussing anything having to do with the Absolutes and perfection. But for this study of Ultimacy, motion (change and growth) is always involved, and always as a multi-faceted factor.

For simplicity, Supreme motion can be viewed as linear, in a straight line, whereas Ultimate motion is more akin to a spiral motion.

Foreward 0:1.10  7.  Ultimate — self-projected and time-space-transcending Deity. Deity omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. Deity functioning on the second level of unifying divinity expression as effective overcontrollers and absonite upholders of the master universe. As compared with the ministry of the Deities to the grand universe, this absonite function in the master universe is tantamount to universal overcontrol and supersustenance, sometimes called the Ultimacy of Deity.

Paper 106:8.15  2. The Ultimate. This is the deity consequence of the eventuated unity of the second Trinity, the transcendental and absonite personification of divinity. The Ultimate consists in a variably regarded unity of many qualities, and the human conception thereof would do well to include at least those phases of ultimacy which are control directing, personally experiencible, and tensionally unifying, but there are many other unrevealed aspects of the eventuated Deity. While the Ultimate and the Supreme are comparable, they are not identical, neither is the Ultimate merely an amplification of the Supreme **.

Paper 118:4.6   2. Eventuation of universe capacities. This involves the transformation of undifferentiated potentials into segregated and defined plans. This is the act of the Ultimacy of Deity and of the manifold agencies of the transcendental level. Such acts are in perfect anticipation of the future needs of the entire master universe *. It is in connection with the segregation of potentials that the Architects of the Master Universe exist as the veritable embodiments of the Deity concept of the universes. Their plans appear to be ultimately space limited in extent by the concept periphery of the master universe, but as plans they are not otherwise conditioned by time or space.

• * Such acts are in perfect anticipation of the future needs of the entire master universe.
  
  A good example of such a future need is the fact of Urantia being chosen as the singular planet that will become the portal to the Outer Space Zones. This is not something Urantia needs. This is something the entire Master Universe needs!
  
  ** While the Ultimate and the Supreme are comparable, they are not identical...
  
  Being comparable implies an ability to function together to a certain extent. We are now becoming aware of this ability between Supreme and Ultimate in the fact of the coming Antarctica project which will setup an Ultimate outpost (the New Jerusalem) and outer space portal on our Supreme evolutionary planet. Yet, sufficient differences remain that necessitate a certain degree of segregation, thus the relative isolation of the new Ultimate outpost on its own island continent.

For the purpose of this Ultimacy deep dive we will limit ourselves mostly to Ultimacy concepts that are being announced or manifested on Urantia at this time, such as overcontrol of certain matters by the Trinity Ultimate to correct rebellion problems, and anticipating certain future Master Universe needs.

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Ultimacy in terms of Urantia thought patterns.

There are many physical, temporal and mortal analogies that can be used. These three examples will help to illustrate what the big concepts and mechanics of Supreme and Ultimate are and how they differ from each other, while still having a measure of interassociation.

The great analogy of a mortal human being.

Supreme (one level of dependent growth) = Embryonic stage (the foetus inside the mother's womb)

Ultimate (four levels of independent growth) = Infant, Child, Teen, Adult (individual life outisde the mother's womb).

In PART 2 we'll see how this analogy coincides with the primary pattern of the Master Universe.

The analogy of a house.

Supreme = Building a house, living in it and doing routine maintenance.

Ultimate = Restoring a damaged or run down house. In the case of Urantia, the whole planet needs repairs, and they must be carried out while 8 billion people are living on it! That's not an easy task.

The mechanics of Supremacy is evolution, and evolution is strictly a building (transitive verb) and management process with simple non-destructive adjustments made along the way. Think of it as building a house, living in it and doing regular maintanence on it (cleaning, painting, minor repairs etc). When evolution is spoken of from the point of view of Deity it is called Supremacy. When evolution is spoken of from the Urantian point of view it is mostly referred to as biology and botany (where it concerns life on earth) and geology where it concerns the inanimate aspects of the planet.

Ultimacy as we are experiencing it on Urantia in this generation is like a broken down house that needs major repairs (new roof, new windows and doors, new wiring and plumbing, new floors and kitchen cabinets etc), and some repairs go all the way down to the foundation (fixing the planetary jurisdictions). The house needs to be reengineered (major repairs), or transformed - parts or all of it torn down and rebuilt.

Reengineering = repairing the old.
Transformation = replacing the old with something new.

This is the current state of Urantian civilization which is undergoing a period of reengineering and transformation called The Correcting Time. Our foundation is still good but much that was built on top was not up to code and needs to be replaced or significantly overhauled (corrected) to become compliant with the universe process of Light and Life.

Urantia is currently undergoing two primary initiatives. First is Michael's Correcting Time which is a civilisational reengineering and transformation process designed to eradicate the problems of rebellion, and to realign Urantia with the path leading to eventual Light and Life status.

Second is the Planetary Transformation project, which is as the name indicates a transformation process reaching far beyond the Correcting Time and even beyond the requirements of Light and Life. This transformation project is related specifically to the fact that Christ Michael carried out His seventh and terminal bestowal on this planet which created a new potential and future path impinging on Ultimacy.

The analogy of a wall.

Imagine a wall that has been covered in graffitti by misbehaving people. There are two solutions to dealing with this problem.

Option 1. Get some paint and paint the wall to cover the graffitti. This is the Supreme Evolutionary approach. Jesus, the UB (and other epochal revelations), the Teaching Mission all teach this approach. That we need not fight evil. We simply need to let in Light and Love as the cure (let Light and Love paint over the evil). This is Supreme Evolutionary and highly personal. It is an individualistic approach rooted in personal free will.

Option 2. Get a pressure washer and blast away the graffitti with pressure and solvents (actively fight the evil) and restore the wall to its original condition. This is the Ultimate Transcendental approach. This is Trinity based (Trinity Ultimate) and therefore impersonal, grounded in delegated authority of group dynamics rather than personal free will.

The following chart compares 5 aspects of Supreme and Ultimate.

Supreme and Ultimate Comparison

	Scope	Motion	Design	Authority	Approach
SUPREME	embryonic - unqualified	Linear	Evolutionary	Personal control - sovereign	Live and let live
ULTIMATE	born - qualified	Spiral	Transcendental	Impersonal overcontrol - delegated	Live and collaborate