Your life is not small. It is part of something immense.
- David H Nafarrate
- Jan 11
- 3 min read
Some books feel intimidating.
Not because of what they say, but because of what they seem to demand.
Especially those that are over two thousand pages long and can't be scrolled through in just 30 seconds:
The Urantia Book.
And that's okay, most of us feel that way at first.
Many years ago, I was in a large bookstore in Mexico City with my young son, Gerardo. While he explored the place in his own way, I noticed a book that immediately caught my attention. Not just because of its size, but because of something harder to explain.
I picked it up. Read the title. And something made me turn it over and read the back cover.
It spoke about uncertainty. But not the way I had always understood it.
It called uncertainty sublime.
I remember thinking:
How can uncertainty be called sublime, when my whole life I’ve tried to avoid it?
It bothered me.
It unsettled me.
And precisely because of that, in the blink of an eye, I had bought the book.
More than 25 years have passed since then. And I’ve never stopped reading it.
Not because you “finish” this book, but because, from time to time, it finds you again.
I can’t say this book transformed me. That would be too simplistic.
But I can say this with complete honesty:
It lifted my gaze.
And once that happens, you can never see life the same way again.
What Is The Urantia Book?
Over time, I understood that this was not an ordinary book.
What I had in my hands was something closer to a map.
A strange kind of map.
Not one that tells you exactly where to go,
but one that reminds you where you are standing.
The Urantia Book dares to engage the questions most of us quietly avoid:
Where do we really come from?
Why are we here?
Who is God… if God exists at all?
Does my life have meaning in a universe this vast?
It doesn’t impose answers. It doesn’t demand belief. It doesn’t ask you to abandon your discernment.
Instead, it invites you into something far more uncomfortable — and honest:
To think, to feel, and to look farther.
And along the way, you begin to sense something essential:
You are not here by accident.
Not even when you doubt.
Not even when you feel lost.
What This Book Does (and What It Doesn’t)
The Urantia Book does not come to save you.
It doesn’t promise instant enlightenment.
It doesn’t offer spiritual shortcuts.
What it does offer is space.
Space to imagine a living, ordered, and profoundly loving universe. Space to encounter Jesus not merely as a religious figure,but as a fully human being — close, courageous, and radically free. Space to realize that your everyday life — with all its struggles — is connected to something far greater than you were taught to believe.
It doesn’t make you feel special above others.
It reminds you that every life truly matters,
and is connected to something much bigger than what we were taught.
Where to Begin
If you’ve ever seen this book and thought:
This isn’t for me, or I wouldn’t even know where to start.
let me say this gently:
This is not a book you read like a novel.
It’s not a manual you rush through.
And it cannot be understood from a place of hurry.
You can begin wherever something inside you quietly says yes.
The Life and Teachings of Jesus, if you’re seeking a living, human, radical example.
The History of Our Planet, if you wonder how we arrived here.
The Local Universe, if you feel curious about our cosmic family.
The Central and Superuniverses, if you’re drawn to the deepest questions about God and origin.
There is no correct order. There is only an inner moment.
One Last Thing
This book does not remove uncertainty.It does something better.
It teaches you how to live inside uncertainty without fear.
It helps you understand that not knowing everything is not a failure, but part of the human journey.
That’s why I keep returning to it after so many years.
Not because it gives me all the answers,
but because it helps me ask better questions.
And because every time I open it,
it reminds me of something essential:
Your life is not small. It is part of something much bigger... and that can feel comforting, or unsettling. How does it make you feel?
If one day you decide to open this book, do it without grand expectations.
Just bring curiosity.
That is more than enough to begin.