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"Then understanding what this Love is, and that man must seek for it, and what its effect upon the soul of man is, it becomes very important that man should make the obtaining of it, the one great object of his aspirations and desires. For when he possesses it to a degree that makes him at one with the Father, he ceases to be a mere man, and becomes of a nature of soul existence that makes him Divine, with many qualities of the Father, the chief of which is, of course, Love; and also causes him to absolutely realize the fact of his immortality." (Vol. I, p. 131)
"WHEN MAN TAKES ON THE DIVINE NATURE AND BECOMES ABSORBED IN THE ESSENCE OF THE FATHER, HE THEN BECOMES LIKE THE FATHER, AND WHATEVER HIS IMAGE TO THE FATHER MAY HAVE BEEN WHEN HE WAS MERE MAN, NOW HE BECOMES THE REAL SUBSTANCE, AND LIMITATIONS OF POSSIBILITIES BECOME REMOVED, LOVE SEES NO ENDING AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, NO BOUNDARIES, HAPPINESS NO LIMITATIONS, AND IMMORTALITY BECOMES A THING OF KNOWLEDGE, AND THE SOUL A NEW CREATURE, HAVING THE DIVINE ESSENCE OF THE FATHER; AND UNTIL THIS NEW CREATION HAS TAKEN PLACE, AND THE TRANSFORMATION BECOMES A THING OF REALITY, AND THE SOUL BE MADE AT-ONE WITH THE FATHER, MAN CANNOT ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. THEN, NO LONGER MAN BUT NOW AN ANGEL. (Vol. I, p.101)
"THE FATHER IS ALL GOODNESS AND LOVE AND TRUTH, AND FORGIVENESS, AND KINDNESS, AND THESE QUALITIES THE SOULS OF MEN BECOME POSSESSED OF, WHEN THEY RECEIVE AND POSSESS THE DIVINE LOVE." (Vol. I, p. 133)
