The Cosmic Citizen

Paula Thompson
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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!

  1. 5d ago

    Urantia Paper 25: The Messenger Hosts of Space - Sections 2 and 3 on Universal Conciliators

    On this episode of The Cosmic Citizen we continued our study of Urantia Paper 25. The Messenger Hosts of Space. We completed our reading and discussion of Section 2. The Universal Conciliators and Section 3. The Far-Reaching Service of Conciliators. These beings are the universe’s living peacemakers. They are the traveling courts of fairness, harmony, and wise adjudication who help keep creation running smoothly when misunderstandings arise and they are needed.  Our further discussion of Section 2 revealed how these conciliators operate as mobile tribunals who bring clarity, balance, and spiritual insight to the complexities of universe administration. We contemplated how these conciliators listen, discern, and illuminate truth in situations where worlds and personalities intersect. Then, in Section 3, we met the secondary reserves and discovered how these standby groups ensure that conciliators and are always ready to serve and maintain cosmic justice with astonishing flexibility and devotion. The Conciliators are a vast, ever‑ready network of beings prepared to serve wherever justice, mercy, and understanding are needed. Listen in as we deepen our appreciation for these gentle arbiters of universal harmony and marvel at beings who embody the Infinite Spirit’s commitment to fairness, understanding, and the peaceful resolution of all things.

    Urantia Paper 25: The Messenger Hosts of Space - Sections 2 and 3 on Universal Conciliators

  2. Oct 22

    Urantia Paper 25 - The Messenger Hosts of Space: Havona Servitals and Universal Conciliators

    On this episode of The Cosmic Citizen, we began a new study of Paper 25. The Messenger Hosts of Space. We covered the Preamble, Section 1. The Havona Servitals, and touched on Section 2. The Universal Conciliators. This paper reveals that between the highest celestial administrators and the tender ministering spirits there exists an entire family of beings whose sole purpose is to keep creation connected, coordinated, and spiritually alive. The Havona Servitals are the astonishing “midway creatures” of the central universe who embody the joy of sacred service. Created by the Seven Master Spirits and the Supreme Power Directors, these beings are deeply devoted and affectionate. The author tells us that they manifest "a transcendent devotion to their work and a touching affection" for the Graduate Guides. In fact, they are the tireless helpers of the inspiring Graduate Guides that we learned about in our last episode. They are living proof that in the spiritual realm all service is exalted. We didn't get a chance to complete our study of the Universal Conciliators. They are the four amazing arbiters in the universe’s traveling courts. They are mobile, fair, and astonishingly efficient. Born in perfect reflective response to Paradise transactions, these fascinating four‑member commissions roam the superuniverses resolving misunderstandings and conflicts. They are the cosmic peacemakers, the judicial harmonizers, the ones who keep the vast creation running smoothly. Their work is so vital that without them, “the tribunals of the spheres would be hopelessly overspread with minor misunderstandings.” We will cover them fully in the next episode. Together, the beings described in Paper 25 show us a universe where justice is swift, mercy is intelligent, service is joyful, and every personality, high or low, contributes to the harmony of the whole. Listen in as we begin Paper 25 and discover the living connective tissue of the universes: the messengers, conciliators, companions, and recorders who weave together the administration of eternity with the experience of time.

    Urantia Paper 25 - The Messenger Hosts of Space: Havona Servitals and Universal Conciliators

  3. Oct 13

    Urantia Paper 24: Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit - The Graduate Guides

    This week on The Cosmic Citizen, we completed our study of Paper 24, by reading and discussing the Sections 6 and 7 on the Graduate Guides. It is one of the most breathtaking revelations in the entire ascension story, being all about the mysterious and tender pilots who lead the children of time through the perfect circuits of Havona. Across the long sweep of time, through the ages of mortal striving and the quiet courage of the soul, there comes a moment when the children of the evolutionary worlds stand at the threshold of perfection. And when that moment arrives, when a pilgrim of time first steps onto the shining shores of Havona, someone is waiting. It's a being of exquisite tenderness. A guide whose very presence feels like the memory of home. A companion born of mystery, devotion, and the unfolding purpose of the Supreme. We entered the luminous realm of the Graduate Guides, the ultra-spiritual pilots of eternity who take each ascender by the hand and lead them, world by world, through the billion spheres of the central universe. They are the personal tutors of Paradise attainment, the ones who walk beside each soul until the final sleep of time gives way to their awakening on the Isle of Light. We also explored their astonishing origin. The story of how the senior Havona Servitals, after long service in the superuniverses, return to Paradise, enter the divine embrace and then vanish. And how, moments later, a new Graduate Guide appears on the outer circuit, ready to welcome another child of time into the high university of eternity. These beings are living proof that the universe responds to us, that the Supreme grows because we grow,  and that no soul climbs alone. Listen in as we step into the quiet grandeur of Havona, where the first pilgrim of time was greeted, where the broadcasts of glory began, and where every mortal who chooses the eternal path will someday meet their Graduate Guide.

    Urantia Paper 24: Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit - The Graduate Guides

  4. Oct 7

    Urantia Paper 24. Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit, (§) 4. Associate Inspectors & (§) 5. Assigned Sentinels

    This week on The Cosmic Citizen, we hoped to complete Urantia Paper 24. Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit, by reading and discussing its last four sections, but we only completed two sections, Section 4. The Associate Inspectors, and Section 5. The Assigned Sentinels. We'll read the last two sections on The Graduate Guides in our next episode. In this amazing Urantia Paper the universe has opened before us like a vast, living cathedral. It is a place where intelligence, ministry, and divine coordination flow through countless personalities who serve the Infinite Spirit. It invites us deeper into a sacred architecture of living beings who do not merely administer creation but feel its pulse, tend its harmony, and carry its meaning across a grand creation. In this episode, we discovered the Associate Inspectors and the Assigned Sentinels. Both are exquisitely specialized ministers whose influence touches every inhabited world. They stabilize spiritual circuits, coordinate intelligence, uphold divine order, and embody the Infinite Spirit’s tender, intelligent presence in ways both marvelously majestic and intensely intimate. We've learned that the universe not a cold machine, but a warm and living symphony, guided by personalities who serve with precision, devotion, and love. These sections remind us that the Infinite Spirit’s ministry is not abstract, it is personal, relational, and carried forward by a celestial family who weaves the cosmos together in astounding ways. Listen in as we explore these remarkable personalities, celebrate the Infinite Spirit’s astonishing creativity, and honor the cosmic helpers who keep the universe connected, coherent, and spiritually alive. Enjoy!

    Urantia Paper 24. Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit, (§) 4. Associate Inspectors & (§) 5. Assigned Sentinels

  5. Sep 29

    Urantia Paper 24. Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit, § 2. Census Directors & § 3. Personal Aids

    In this episode of The Cosmic Citizen, we took another dive into Urantia Paper 24, exploring the fascinating mechanics behind the Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit. We focused specifically on two incredible groups of beings from that paper, by reading and discussing Section 2. The Census Directors and Section 3. Personal Aids of the Infinite Spirit. Have you ever wondered who keeps track of the cosmic population? How does the vast universe instantly know the exact moment a new spark of free will ignites... or goes dark? What part of your cosmic journey makes you most curious about how the universe organizes and keeps track of life? By reading Section 2 we discovered the Census Directors, those infallible and specialized beings who are stationed across the grand universe, including Nebadon's own Director on Salvington. Their sole purpose is to register the birth and death of every bona fide will creature.  "The Census Director of Nebadon... is at this very moment personally conscious and aware of your living presence here on Urantia."  (24:2.7) In Section 3, we took a journey to Paradise to meet the Personal Aids of the Infinite Spirit, those trillion-strong, mystery-laden agents who flash across space at the bidding of the Third Source and Center, operating without personal distinction yet serving as the ultimate cosmic assistants. Listen in as we unpack how the universe balances grand-scale administration with an intimate, precise awareness of YOU!

    Urantia Paper 24. Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit, § 2. Census Directors & § 3. Personal Aids

  6. Sep 15

    Urantia Paper 24. Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit, Preamble & (§) 1. The Universe Circuit Supervisors

    This week on The Cosmic Citizen, we opened a new chapter in the vast ministry of the Infinite Spirit with Urantia Paper 24. Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit. In this episode we explore the Preamble and Section 1. The Universe Circuit Supervisors. This paper is about the astonishing administrators who keep the grand universe coordinated, connected, and spiritually alive. It introduces us to the beings who literally regulate the flow of divine communication across all of creation. If you’ve ever wondered how the universe stays synchronized or how messages move, circuits function, and spiritual administration actually works, this paper pulls back the curtain. Join us as we step into the living architecture of cosmic governance and discover the Infinite Spirit’s far‑reaching family of high personalities. They are the ones that keep the universes humming with order, meaning, and purpose. They are the unseen hands that keep everything connected.  Enjoy!

    Urantia Paper 24. Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit, Preamble & (§) 1. The Universe Circuit Supervisors

  7. Sep 8

    Urantia Paper 23. The Solitary Messengers: § 3 & 4 - Time and Space Services and Special Ministry of Solitary Messengers

    In this week’s podcast, we finished our study of Urantia Paper 23. The Solitary Messengers, by reading and discussing Section 3. Time and Space Services of Solitary Messengers and Section 4. Special Ministry of Solitary Messengers.    We delved into their breathtaking speed and explored the scope and destiny‑laden ministry of the Solitary Messengers to learn how these perfect, confidential personalities of the Infinite Spirit, move through creation with a freedom that nearly defies time and space. While other universe personalities remain bound by cosmic speed limits, the Solitary Messengers flash across the grand universe at velocities that stagger the imagination. They are the only personal beings who can synchronize with the combined universal currents to become the living, conscious links that keep the far-flung realms of creation connected. Without them, the personal element of universe administration would collapse under the weight of distance and delay.   Solitary Messengers are decidedly personal beings who somehow unite the advantages of an impersonal spirit with the prerogatives of full personality. They are the universe’s great timesavers, emergency communicators, and confidential couriers, operating in regions beyond established circuits and bridging gulfs that would otherwise isolate entire domains of space.   We also explored their special ministry, where the mystery deepens. Solitary Messengers act as personality coordinators for all spirit beings, fostering unity, mutual understanding, and a shared consciousness of spiritual kinship. Their ability to harmonize finite personalities hints at a profound connection to the Supreme and Ultimate Mind.   These sections invite us to feel the universe not as a static creation but as a living, expanding organism that is undergoing reorganization, anticipation, and breathtaking forward motion. As the authors tell us, the eternal future will witness phenomena far surpassing all that has come before. And we, even now, are invited to relish the adventure.   Enjoy!

    Urantia Paper 23. The Solitary Messengers: § 3 & 4 - Time and Space Services and Special Ministry of Solitary Messengers

  8. Sep 1

    Urantia Paper 23. The Solitary Messengers, § 2. The Assignments of Solitary Messengers

    In this week’s exploration of The Urantia Book we continued our study of Urantia Paper 23, "The Solitary Messengers," with a reading and discussion of Section 2, "Assignments of Solitary Messengers." We stepped into a breathtaking panorama of cosmic ministry to learn about their sevenfold assignments. These extraordinary beings, born of the Infinite Spirit and equal in every way, roam the grand universe without hierarchy, without government, and without attachment, answering only the call of divine purpose. We journeyed through their astonishing range of service, be it their secret and trusted errands of the Paradise Trinity, the intimate communion they share with the perfect natives of Havona, their vital role as inter‑superuniverse couriers for the Ancients of Days, or their tireless work within the local universes as revealers of the Mother Spirit’s intent. We marveled at their daring expeditions into uncharted outer space. They are free explorers who delight in discovering the embryonic worlds where future life may unfold. And we paused to feel the beauty of their highest calling, that being Revealers of Truth, who carry living light to the worlds of time and who enlarge revelation and stitch together the universe with understanding. This section reminds us all that the seeming turmoil of our world is not evidence of divine neglect but part of a deeper, soul‑forging design. As we contemplate these solitary yet never‑lonely messengers, we might glimpse a universe alive with purpose, coordination, and hope. We can then marvel at a God who entrusts perfect beings with perfect missions, even as He shapes imperfect mortals into strong and noble souls. Listen in as we dive deep into Paper 23, Section 2, to discover the cosmic artistry behind Solitary Messengers, the tireless travelers of eternity.

    Urantia Paper 23. The Solitary Messengers, § 2. The Assignments of Solitary Messengers
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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!

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