Spiritual Beings

Christ Consciousness

“For ye are a corpuscle in the body of God; thus co-creator with Him, in what ye think, in what ye do.” Edgar Cayce

According to Edgar Cayce, we are spiritual beings having a physical experience, and as Children of God, our mission is to somehow bring Spirit to earth. The parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11-24), Cayce says, is the story of the soul's journey. In the parable, the younger son of a wealthy father, decides he wants to go into the world and partake of its pleasures. So he asks his father for his inheritance, which the father readily gives, and then takes his leave. He sees, and is seduced by, as are we, the shiny apple and the glittering skyline. Quickly, he spends his life savings and, hungry and alone, hires himself out to a pig farmer to tend the pigs. He grows to see himself as being much like those pigs, and hungry enough to share their food. With that thought, he experiences a moment of clarity. He “arises” and heads for home. You know the rest—the father sees him coming and prepares a great banquet to welcome him back into the fold.

We are not unlike the prodigal son in that we need to have our experience with the world's allures. We enjoy ourselves until we see that the shine is off the apple and that glitter is only sprayed on. Thankfully, the soul wants something more; something real, with muscle and heart. What it craves cannot be found in the world's pleasures. Slowly, it dawns on us that we need not be hungry or empty—a feast awaits us. And so the soul arises and turns toward home—back to the Source from which it came.

                                                           In the Spirit,

                                                                Jane