This is the opening posting for “Light of Truth: Anticipating the Triumph of Righteousness” by Doug Cable. My book is based on teachings of The Urantia Book, a new revelation of truth to our planet, which is known as Urantia.
Since I am new to this website thing, please bear with me as I seek to figure out this new realm. The website (UBLightofTruth.com) has, in addition to the usual pages (Home, Blog, and About) a page labeled Talking Points, which is an extensive list of talking points based on “Light of Truth.” Four entries are currently posted; two near the top (Adam and Eve – Garden and Death Becomes Graduation) as well as two near the bottom under “Urantia” (Urantia Book – Purpose and Urantia Book – Validation); others will be added as they are introduced in this blog.
“Light of Truth” uses the revelations in The Urantia Book to help us understand ourselves, our surroundings, and our potential, even our eternal potential. We find that a singular event in our distant past has had a profound effect on our history, even down to this day. “Light of Truth” examines this impact and makes specific suggestions for counteracting the negative forces in our society.
Following is the entry “Urantia Book – Purpose” from the Talking Points page.
The spiritual condition of our planet cries out for deliverance from these troubled times. There is too much violence, hatred and evil for a supposedly civilized planet. We are closer to being barbarians than civil human beings.
Earth needs spiritual guidance so that we can make the necessary changes to bring about peace and brotherhood. The previous revelation of truth was the life and teachings of Jesus more than two thousand years ago. While his teachings greatly uplifted the spiritual awareness of our native planet, many of his teachings were not assimilated by those who followed him. One example of this is the truth that every normal minded person on Earth is indwelt by a fragment of God. Our Heavenly Father is literally within everyone, which has astounding implications. Everyone without exception has value, purpose and meaning because of this. If those who claim to follow Jesus realized this truth there would no longer be religious strife between Christians and those of other faiths.
Sending another such teacher today would not work in our near instantaneous mass media environment because such a person would undoubtedly become the news and the teachings would mostly be lost in noise. If there were miracles, the news frenzy would be unbelievable.
Given our situation, the best solution would be to give us a new revelation of truth in a book form. That way it could be distributed, studied, shared, and integrated into the lives of its students. Recognition of its value would be gradual, allowing time for the message to sink in and become deeply meaningful for its students. This way the teachings would be the driving factor instead of some momentary news event.
The purpose of The Urantia Book is to increase our spiritual awareness, to uplift our lives, our society, our government, and to improve the overall spiritual health of Earth. Our beautiful native planet cries out for peace and harmony, without a major increase in spiritual awareness the future of life on this planet is in peril.
The actual message Jesus taught needs to be restated for our times. Everyone needs to know we are all equally indwelt by a fragment of God; we need to know that spiritual reality is vital to our wellbeing. We need to know that eternal life is truly ours for the asking and that we are all sisters and brothers; there are no exceptions.
Society has been largely secular for way too long, it has ignored our Heavenly Father and this is evident in the state of our society. We need a spiritual uplift; The Urantia Book shows us the way to achieve this.
The Urantia Book is not a book to merely read and put aside, it must be studied and its teachings be allowed to transform our life, our interactions with our sisters and brothers, as well as our society. Its purpose is to begin the process of bringing peace, brotherhood, and joy to Earth.
Originally Posted 1/7/19