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What, then, is the purpose of the entering of a soul into material manifestations? In the beginnings, or in the activities in which the soul manifested individually, it was for the purpose of becoming as a companion of Creative Force or God; or becoming the whole body of God itself, with the ability—even as thy Pattern, as thy Savior, as thy Guide and Guard—to know thyself to be thyself, yet one with Him! That is the purpose for each entering into the material activities. 1650-1

Know thyself if ye would know thy God, if ye would be of a service to thy brother. 1256-1

One of the greatest challenges we may face as spiritual beings is the necessity of coming to know our true selves. Unfortunately, because we so often identify with our physical life, our personality, and our earthly experiences rather than our spiritual essence, reaching that objective can be challenging. The cares of life so frequently demand our entire focus that we might believe we don’t have time to pursue anything else, let alone try to master spirituality. When this thought enters our minds, however, we need to remember that we are already spiritual beings. The challenge is not one of trying to become something else, instead it is an issue of not living up to the very best we already have within us.

The Cayce material confirms the fact that, too often, we forget our true nature. Many individuals have incorrectly assumed that our goal is to reach heaven, reach enlightenment, or simply “get out of the earth.” And yet, this is looking at our heritage from a perspective quite different from that contained in the readings. The readings state that God desires to be expressed in the world through us—the example set by Jesus being the pattern for every soul. We are children of God with a mission to somehow bring spirit into the earth. One of the readings beautifully describes the spiritual nature of humankind in this way:

For ye are as a corpuscle in the body of God; thus a co-creator with Him, in what ye think, in what ye do. And ye change each soul ye contact, literally or mentally—insofar as ye, as an individual entity, are a witness for or against thy Lord, thy God. This is the literal application, yea the spiritual way of man, of this entity in the earth; endowed, yes, with material attributes that to others may appear as a non-entity. Yet no soul may come in contact with the entity without being changed, either in body, in mind or in purpose. And purpose is, of course, of the soul. 2794-3

The truth about who we are is so monumental—we have an integral role in creating our lives, our experiences, our relationships, even world events! We have an effect upon every soul we encounter. The person who we truly are is vastly different from the way others see us or even from the way in which we see ourselves. Ultimately, we will come to know ourselves just as the Creator knows us.