Book Spotlight

The Adventure of Being Human

Lessons on Soulful Living from the Heart of the Urantia Revelation

Transmitted by Jerry Lane and Edited by Byron Belitsos

An Unprecedented Offering of Celestial Wisdom from Our “Heavenly Parents”-An Updated “Gospel” for Our Time

The living Jesus that we encounter in the New Testament loved to teach and heal ordinary people in everyday settings, often by using simple metaphors and stories that could reach the common people of those days. Two thousand years later, according to The Adventure of Being Human: Lessons on Soulful Living from the Heart of the Urantia Revelation (Origin Press/Celestia, November 2012), Christ is using a similar manner of approach: He’s teaching regular folks-this time via “transmissions” from Jerry Lane, a retired carpenter and an advanced student of The Urantia Book-and he’s instructing us in a humble setting: Jerry’s living room in northern California. Jesus updates his ancient biblical teachings-speaking cordially but with authority about such topics such as:

o the unfathomable preciousness and infinitude of each human person o our true human nature: body, mind, soul, spirit, and personality o how our soul grows through experience-and is expressed as our “character” o our inner “home base”-and how to locate it reliably in stillness or prayer o the true meaning of our pain and adversity in the human adventure

Gracious Lessons that Shed Light on Soulful Living

The lessons supplied in The Adventure of Being Human are adapted to the unique problems in our times, and the result is this selection of carefully edited transcripts that represent the first of eight years of sessions with a small group of students. Each short lesson received by this group was followed by a revealing question and answer session. In essence, The Adventure of Being Human provides a record of the divine response to adult men and women from various walks of life who can be said to represent all of us, much like the average people that Jesus taught two millennia ago. Meanwhile, this volume also pursues two related objectives: