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Time Standards, Cosmic Cycles, and Temporal Markers from The Urantia Book
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I. The Nature of Time
Definition of time
A bestowal of Paradise — by virtue of motion and mind's awareness of sequentiality
Origin of time
Seemingly originates just above upper Paradise
Origin of space
Seemingly originates just below nether Paradise
Time as Paradise bestowal
Indirect bestowal (unlike space)
Time mechanism
Motion + mind's sequentiality awareness
Universal time unit
Only Paradise-Havona day is arbitrarily recognized
Time on Paradise
Not reckoned; only sequence of events
Space on Paradise
Does not exist on any Paradise surface
Motion on Paradise
Volitional, not inherent
Absolute of time
Eternity
Time-space inseparability
Only in the seven superuniverses
Three Levels of Time Cognizance
Three levels
Time awareness operates on three distinguishable levels
1. Mind-perceived time
Consciousness of sequence, motion, duration
2. Spirit-perceived time
Insight into motion Godward; awareness of ascent
3. Personality time sense
Unique creation: Reality insight + presence + duration
II. Time Standards
Paradise-Havona Standard
Standard day definition
Inner Havona circuit orbits Paradise
Standard day duration
365,249.995 Urantia days
Status
Universal standard for 7 superuniverses
Biblical correlation
A day is as 1,000 years
Havona local time
Individual Havona worlds keep local time based on the orbital period of their respective circuit
Superuniverse Time (Orvonton)
Standard day
~30 Urantia days
Year composition
100 standard days
Year duration
~8.2 Urantia years
Local Universe Time (Nebadon)
Standard day
~18.25 Urantia days
Year duration
~5 Urantia years
Orbital basis
Universe swing vs. Uversa circuit
Broadcast source
Salvington
System Time (Satania)
Standard day
2.9554 Urantia days
Year duration
~295.5 Urantia days
Orbital basis
Jerusem axial rotation
Broadcast mechanism
Master chronoldeks
Lucifer rebellion duration in system years
~200,000 Urantia years ≈ 25,000 system years
Planetary Time (Urantia) — Calendar Calibration
Jesus' birth
August 21, 7 B.C., noon
Calendar offset (derived)
~7 years
Jesus' baptism
January, A.D. 26
Tiberius dating correction
A.D. 26 (not A.D. 29)
Crucifixion
Friday, April 7, A.D. 30
Resurrection
Sunday, April 9, A.D. 30, 3:02 a.m.
Age at baptism (derived)
~31.5 years
Urantia time reckoning basis
365.25-day leap-year calendar; dates from early 20th century
III. Cosmic Time Cycles
Space respiration scope
All seven superuniverses + outer master universe regions
Space respiration (expansion)
~1 billion Urantia years
Space respiration (full cycle)
~2 billion Urantia years
Energy circuit encirclement (Orvonton)
968+ million Urantia years
Space respiration as time source
Unusable — totality destroys local value
IV. Chronoldeks
Capability
Living mechanisms performing computations with ultimacy of precision
Frandalanks
30, one per basic force
Chronoldeks
Frandalanks that also register time
Precision
Ultimacy of precision
System function
Broadcast time signals
Nature
Intelligent living machines
V. Transit Durations
Seraphic transit nature
An inherent time factor operates during transport sleep; the traveler is aware of being unaware
Adjuster: Divinington to Urantia
117 hours, 42 minutes, 7 seconds (average)
Adjuster arrival age (current generation)
5 years, 10 months, 4 days (2,134th day of terrestrial life)
Seraphic transport speed (long journey)
555,000 to 559,000 miles/second
Seraphic velocity basis
Triple velocity: 3 × 186,280 miles/second = ~558,840 miles/second
Midway creatures
Double velocity: 372,560 miles/second
Nonenseraphimed beings (maximum)
~186,280 miles/second (single velocity)
Solitary Messenger (recorded speed)
841,621,642,000 miles/second
Seraphic departure frequency (Jerusem)
Every 3 seconds of Urantia time during light period
Seraphic launch speed (Jerusem)
~25 standard miles/second; standard velocity attained after 2,000 miles
Adam/Eve dematerialization prep
~3 days of standard time
Adam/Eve rematerialization
10 to 28 days of Urantia time
Havona Servital to Graduate Guide transformation
Three moments (~3 days of Urantia time)
VI. Cosmic Age Markers
Grandfanda: first mortal to reach Havona
Undated; from planet 341 of system 84, constellation 62, local universe 1,131, superuniverse 1
Andronover nebula initiated
875,000,000,000 years ago
Nebadon organization begun by Michael
~400,000,000,000 years ago
Salvington construction completed
A little over 1,000,000,000 years (power centers to living staff)
Solar system registered (Monmatia)
3,000,000,000 years ago
Michael's first bestowal
~1,000,000,000 years ago
Bestowal interval
~150,000,000 years apart
Michael's bestowal career total
Almost 1,000,000,000 Urantia years
Urantia history (5 major eras)
~1,000,000,000 years total
Life establishment on Urantia
550,000,000 years ago
Lucifer rebellion
~200,000 years ago
War in heaven duration
Over 2 years of system time until Lanaforge installed
VII. Mortal Survival Timing
Death-to-repersonalization state
Complete unconsciousness; the seraphic guardian safeguards the survivor's identity
Third-day repersonalization
Mortals who have attained personal guardian status are reconstituted within three days of natural death
Dispensational roll calls
En masse resurrection at end of a dispensation
Time irrelevance to sleeping survivors
Duration of unconscious sleep is imperceptible; a 5,000-year interval feels identical to 5 days
Mansion world liberty period
10 days of personal freedom upon arrival at mansonia number one
Mansion world transit sleeps
Seven adjustments across mansonia career; sleep with transport, awaken with new morontia body
Urantia dispensational resurrections
Three roll calls: (1) Planetary Prince arrival, (2) Adam's time, (3) Jesus' resurrection
Post-bestowal Son age
10,000 to 100,000 years
Time relativity: Lucifer adjudication
From Uversa: ~2.5 seconds after commission. From Paradise: simultaneous with enactment.
Havona pilgrim progress
No fixed time limit from world to world or circuit to circuit; all seven circuits mandatory
Jesus' morontia initiation
More than one hour of earth time; twice interrupted
VIII. Conversion Reference
1 Paradise-Havona day
~1,000 Urantia years
1 Orvonton day
~30 Urantia days
1 Orvonton year
~8.2 Urantia years
1 Nebadon day
~18.25 Urantia days
1 Nebadon year
~5 Urantia years
1 Satania day
2.955 Urantia days
1 Satania year
~0.81 Urantia years
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