The Urantia Book Was Communicated Via An Otherworldly Being

The Urantia Book dates back to some point between 1924 and 1955. It emerged in Chicago, IL, and no one who is still alive knows who wrote it. In the book, Urantia is the Earth. The book talks about God, Jesus, the meaning of life, science, and philosophy. In this telling, however, Jesus is born via traditional conception, not immaculate conception, and he did not perform the miracles mentioned in the Bible.

The book was brought to public attention by two doctors, husband and wife William and Lena Sadler, who said a neighbor told them her husband was falling into very weird and deep sleeps. The man would also frequently speak what he claimed were messages from some other being. He eventually began to write these messages down as opposed to speaking them aloud, which is how the book came to be. The man’s identity was never revealed, as William Sadler said the “revelators [authors] do not want any human being—any human name — ever to be associated” with the book. Some believe that the book is a hoax. 

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I N THE MINDS of the mortals of Urantia—that being the name of your world—there exists great confusion respecting the meaning of such terms as God, divinity, and deity. Human beings are still more confused and uncertain about the relationships of the divine personalities designated by these numerous appellations. Because of this conceptual poverty associated with so much ideational confusion, I have been directed to formulate this introductory statement in explanation of the meanings which should be attached to certain word symbols as they may be hereinafter used in those papers which the Orvonton corps of truth revealers have been authorized to translate into the English language of Urantia. It is exceedingly difficult to present enlarged concepts and advanced truth, in our endeavor to expand cosmic consciousness and enhance spiritual perception, when we are restricted to the use of a circumscribed language of the realm. But our mandate admonishes us to make every effort to convey our meanings by using the word symbols of the English tongue. We have been instructed to introduce new terms only when the concept to be portrayed finds no terminology in English which can be employed to convey such a new concept partially or even with more or less distortion of meaning. In the hope of facilitating comprehension and of preventing confusion on the part of every mortal who may peruse these papers, we deem it wise to present in this initial statement an outline of the meanings to be attached to numerous English words which are to be employed in designation of Deity and certain associated concepts of the things, meanings, and values of universal reality. But in order to formulate this Foreword of definitions and limitations of terminology, it is necessary to anticipate the usage of these terms in the subsequent presentations. This Foreword is not, therefore, a finished statement within itself; it is only a definitive guide designed to assist those who shall read the accompanying papers dealing with Deity and the universe of universes which have been formulated by an Orvonton commission sent to Urantia for this purpose. Your world, Urantia, is one of many similar inhabited planets which comprise the local universe of Nebadon. This universe, together with similar creations, makes up the superuniverse of Orvonton, from whose capital, Uversa, our commission hails. Orvonton is one of the seven evolutionary superuniverses of time and space which circle the neverbeginning, never-ending creation of divine perfection—the central universe of Havona. At the heart of this eternal and central universe is the stationary Isle of Paradise, the geographic center of infinity and the dwelling place of the eternal God. The seven evolving superuniverses in association with the central and divine universe, we commonly refer to as the grand universe; these are the now organized and inhabited creations. They are all a part of the master universe, which also embraces the uninhabited but mobilizing universes of outer space.

By blitzgone in CircuitsArduino

I’ve done light graffiti in the past and always find the results and process so much fun. I wanted to take it a step further and work on my maker skill to build a light graffiti skateboard. Here is how I did it.

Supplies:

1. An old skateboard that you aren’t afraid to drill holes in
2. 4mm zip ties
3. Neopixel led strip
4. Arduino nano
5. 3 pin led connector
6. 2 pin power connectors
7. 7.4 Lipo battery, the smaller the better
8. Camera capable of long exposures, you can use a smart phone on manual
9. Tripod
10. Flash – I used a softbox, but you can also use a bare flash off camera

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Step 1: Prep the Board

I drilled holes every 6-9 inches along the board, this would be to hold the LED’s in place with the zipties. I tried to keep them as close to the edge as possible.Add TipAsk QuestionCommentDownload

Step 2: Assemble Arduino

I used an Arduino nano to power to project in order to keep the weight down. I 3D printed this case from thingverse. I connected a button and switch so I could turn it on and off, and cycle different light affects. In the end I only really used the rainbow effect. For simplicity sake I could have simply plugged the battery and removed the switch and button.

I used a single 7.4 lipo battery. You can see the basic arduino sketch, this is the simple version with no button or switch for power. Keep in mind the diagrams are using a Arduino Uno, but a nano is needed.Add TipAsk QuestionCommentDownload

Step 3: Programming the Arduino

I decided to go with the fastLED Arduino library, but you can also use the NeoPixel library if you are more familiar with that.

There are two sketches attached one with the button that cycles several light effects and one with no button that uses the rainbow light pattern. Even though I had a had programmed several light patterns I used the rainbow pattern the most.

Here is an example on Tinkercad using the NeoPixel library:
https://www.tinkercad.com/things/7NkVtp6PWm0

Note: Tinkercad requires the Neopixels to take power from the from the Arduino, but in order to power a full 115 LED strip you’ll need to draw from power from the battery.

Note: You’ll need to change the LED count to match the amount of lights you have for your strand.

Attachments

• Simple_Skateboard_with_no_button.inoDownload
• Complicated with button – Skate_Lights_Fast_LED_button.inoDownload

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Step 4: Full Assembly

I secured everything to the board with short screws, glued down the battery with hot glue gun, and connected all the components for a test.Add TipAsk QuestionCommentDownload

Step 5: Getting the Shoot

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Put your camera on your tripod and set up your flash. Your camera will need to be on shutter priority. I triggered the flash manually with the flash “test” button when the subject was at the right spot.

Depending on the ambient light in your surroundings you’ll have to change your ISO and f-stop. It is best to do this with a number of test shoots. In the end I used ISO 1600 and at f11 for most of my shoots. You set your shutter speed based on how long you want your light trails, I used 4 seconds.

It takes a lot of testing to get it all right!Add TipAsk QuestionCommentDownload

Step 6: Celebrate

With a lot of hard work and lots of practice you can get the shoot.