P118:1, 11:0.1
Paradise is the eternal center of the universe of universes and the abiding
place of the Universal Father, the Eternal Son, the Infinite Spirit, and their
divine co-ordinates and associates. This central Isle is the most gigantic
organized body of cosmic reality in all the master universe. Paradise is a
material sphere as well as a spiritual abode. All of the intelligent creation
of the Universal Father is domiciled on material abodes; hence must the absolute
controlling center also be material, literal. And again it should be reiterated
that spirit things and spiritual beings are real.
P118:2, 11:0.2
The material beauty of Paradise consists in the
magnificence of its physical
perfection; the grandeur of the Isle of God is exhibited in the superb intellectual
accomplishments and mind development of its inhabitants; the glory of the
central Isle is shown forth in the infinite endowment of divine spirit personality
-- the light of life. But the depths of the spiritual beauty and the wonders
of this magnificent ensemble are utterly beyond the comprehension of the finite
mind of material creatures. The glory and spiritual splendor of the divine
abode are impossible of mortal comprehension. And Paradise is from eternity;
there are neither records nor traditions respecting the origin of this nuclear
Isle of Light and Life.