In this class, Dr. Keislar gives some detailed information about the central Paradise, the abode or throne of God. According to extraterrestrial sources, this spiritual place is real; it has form and location (not within space and time); it is visible and touchable by spiritual senses. It is the center of all the spiritual and material universes, and is by far the largest body in all of existence.
Dr. Keislar quotes from the Urantia Book: “…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.”
“You are not able to comprehend much about the divine residence because of its remoteness from you and the immensity of the intervening space, but those who are able to comprehend the meaning of these enormous distances know God’s location and residence just as certainly and literally as you know the location of New York, London, Rome, or Singapore.” To reach there, and come into the presence of God, is the ultimate goal of our existence.
Paradise is not a sphere. “It is definitely ellipsoid, being one-sixth longer in the north-south diameter than in the east-west diameter. The central Isle is essentially flat, and the distance from the upper surface to the nether surface is one tenth that of the east-west diameter.” (One part of Paradise has a greater force of energy coming out of it; this area is called the North, and this is how absolute “North” is established.)
“Paradise is unique in that it is the realm of primal origin and the final goal of destiny for all spirit personalities. Although it is true that not all of the lower spirit beings of the local universes are immediately destined to Paradise, Paradise still remains the goal of desire for all supermaterial personalities.
“Paradise is the geographic center of infinity; it is not a part of universal creation, not even a real part of the eternal Havona universe [the spiritual universes]. We commonly refer to the central Isle as belonging to the divine universe, but it really does not. Paradise is an eternal and exclusive existence.”