 130. Purpose Of Life |
Lao Tzu States:
Life in the physical world is merely a preparation for birth into the subtle realm. The physical realm is still within the subtle womb of the "mysterious mother" of the universe.
Everything born into the physical world must die. However, if an individual has the opportunity to learn the "immortal way," he may be "born again" into the absolute wisdom of ultimate simplicity. A subtle transformation takes place within an individual when he succeeds in connecting himself with the absolute wisdom of the universe. Gradually, through the practice of a pure diet, energy guidance exercises (tow ying) and subtle energy cultivation and refinement (shu-liang), the heavy and gross energy which was the foundation of his life begins to diminish. All of these practices are the preparation for breaking through the cycle of birth, procreation and death, and emerging into the immortal realm. As an individual's energy becomes more subtle and refined, he is less and less influenced by the dominant control of the physical realm. As an individual life evolves, it gradually becomes submerged in the mighty ocean of wisdom, the universal mind. A new life is established which is governed by wisdom rather than emotion. The ordinary sense of life broadens, the psychological ego is dissolved and the entire body is positively influenced. As one subtlety transforms oneself, one leaves the gross realm and approaches immortal divinity.
The evolution of the soul depends on the growth of "SELF-awareness." This evolution takes places over the course of many lifetimes, through learning the "absolute WAY" and following the precise and explicit method of self-cultivation which is the heritage of the accomplished angels.
-Lao Tzu, Hua Hu Ching
Purpose in the Earth
E.Cayce, A.R.E. State:
. . . first (consider) the purposes for which an entity enters a material experience – and why: In giving such there must be given then some premise that is acceptable or stated as being a practical thing or condition in the experience of the entity; that it may be a part of the entity in fulfilling that purpose in the present experience. The entity or man then is physical, mental and spiritual; or the physical body, the mental body, the spiritual body.
The spiritual is that portion of same, or that body, that is everlasting; that is a portion of all it has applied in its mental experiences through the sojourns in the environs of which the entity or soul or spirit body is a part. From whence comes then this spirit body, that we find in consciousness in the present; aware of the physical attributes, aware of at least a portion of its mental abilities, its mental capacities; only catching a glimpse here and there in the application of spiritual laws or spiritual truths of the spiritual body? The spirit is of the universal consciousness, or God; that which is the First Cause; that which is manifested in all the varied forms and manners that are experienced in the activities of the individual in this particular sphere of activity or phase of consciousness in the present. Why the entity – why the spirit of this entity? A gift, a companion – yea, a very portion of that First Cause. Hence the purposes that it, the entity, the spirit body, may make manifest in materiality or in physical consciousness the more and more awareness of the relationships of the mental body, the physical body to eternity, infinity, or the God-Consciousness. Why? That is the purpose, that is the gift, that is the activity for maintaining its consciousness throughout matter, mind or spirit. For as is the consciousness of the entity in materiality, when there is such a diffusion of consciousness as to change, alter or create a direction for an activity of any influence that has taken on consciousness of matter to waver it from its purpose for being in a consciousness, it loses its individual identity. What, then, is the purpose of the entity's activity in the consciousness of mind, matter, spirit in the present? That it, the entity, may know itself to be itself and part of the Whole; not the Whole but one with the Whole; and thus retaining its individuality, knowing itself to be itself, yet one with the purposes of the First Cause that called it, the entity, into being, into the awareness, into the consciousness of itself. That is the purpose, that is the cause of being. Then the natural question to the entity becomes, "What may I do about same? In what manner, in what way may I apply myself as an entity, as an individual, to fill that purpose whereunto the First Cause has its influence, its way, its purpose with me?" In such an activity then the body-physical, the body-mind must be taken into consideration; with its faults, its fancies, its faith, its purpose, its abilities in every manner, and in every influence that has been and is a part of
