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The human soul is the Real Human, the True Self, the real ego, Created Perfectly in the image and likeness of the Great Soul of God, by God. What the human soul is, and what it is not. The relationships between the soul, spirit/mind, spirit body, physical or material body.
Human Soul
February 13th, 1917
I am here, Jesus.
Well, I come tonight, and desire to write on the subject of: The Human Soul. But when I consider your condition, which is much better than it has been, I desire it best to wait a while longer. For as I have told you, it is necessary for you to get in the best possible receptive condition, in order that you may receive my message, just as I deliver it.
I know that you are anxious to receive this discourse, and expect that it will contain a disclosure of mysteries that the World has so long had hidden from it. Such will be the contents of the message.
As a fact there are no mysteries connected with this subject. For the soul is a Creature of God, just as is the body and spirit. The only reason that humankind has (not) known of the nature and constituency of the soul is, that their soul perceptions have never been developed so that they could comprehend the qualities that pertain to the soul.
They have studied and conceived of the nature of the body, and have assumed at some knowledge of its wonderful construction and functions, and the purposes of its existence. So they have some idea of what the spirit is, which is really a manifestation of the workings of the soul. As I have before told you, the active energies of the soul. Even as to the spirit, while they see its manifestations, yet they have but a slight appreciation of what it really is. Yet they necessarily have some knowledge of its workings. For the results of its activities are manifested even to their physical senses.
As to the soul, they have but a very indefinite comprehension of what it really is. Frequently, in their conception of its qualities, functions, and existence, confuse it with the mind, or with the spirit, and hold them to be synonymous. They know nothing of its origin, of its great possibilities, and of the fact that it is the only part of human that lives forever and can become a part of the very Substance of the Father Himself, hence become Immortal. That it is that which gives to human, a Creation and existence, above the brute Creation of Earth. That it determines the great distinction between human and the brute creation; not reason, is this determiner, as humans so frequently assert. For reason is merely a faculty of the mind, which in the event of the soul taking on the Divine Substance, becomes, as it were, a thing of non-existence. For the faculties of the soul, supplants reason. That is, the reason that so distinguishes human as mere human, and which will continue in this Spirit Life to distinguish them as God's Highest Creation, so long as human remains mere human, even though they become the Perfect Human.
I will not write more on this now. I am your friend and brother, Jesus.
The Human soul, what it is and what it is not.
March 2nd, 1917
I am here, Jesus.
I come tonight to write my message on the Human Soul. I will do so, if we can establish the necessary rapport.
Well, the subject is of vast importance, and difficult of explanation, for there is nothing on Earth known to humans, with which a comparison may be made. Generally, humans cannot understand Truth, or the Nature of Things, except by comparison with what they already know to exist, and with whose qualities and characteristics they are acquainted. There is nothing in the Material World that will afford a basis of comparison with the Human Soul. Hence, it is difficult for humans to comprehend the Nature and qualities of the soul, by the mere intellectual perceptions and reason. In order to understand the Nature of this Great Creation, the Human Soul, humans must have something of a Spiritual Development, the possession of what may be known as the "soul perceptions". Only soul can understand soul. The soul that seeks to comprehend the Nature of itself, must be a live soul, with its faculties developed to a small degree, at least.
First, I will say, that the Human Soul must be a Creature of God, not emanation from Him, as a part of His Soul. When humans speak, and teach, that the human soul is a part of the Over-Soul, they teach what is not True. This soul is merely a Creature of the Father. Just as are the other parts of human, such as the intellect, the spirit body, and the material body, which before its Creation had no existence. It has not existed from the beginning of Eternity, if you can imagine that Eternity ever had a beginning. I mean, that there was a time when the Human Soul had no existence. Whether there will ever come a time when any Human Soul will cease to have an existence, I do not know, nor does any spirit. Only God Knows that fact. This I do know, that whenever the Human Soul partakes of the Essence of the Father, thereby becomes Divine itself, the possessor of His Spiritual Substance of Divine Love, that soul realizes, to a certainty, that it is Immortal, and can never again become less than Immortal. As God is Immortal, the soul that has been Transformed into the Divine Substance of the Father becomes Immortal. Never again can the decree, "dying thou shalt die," be pronounced upon it.
As I said, there was a period in Eternity, when the Human Soul did not exist, and was Created by the Father. When it was made the Highest and Most Perfect of All God's Creations. To such an extent, that it was made in His image. The only one, or thing, of All His Creations that was made in His image. The only part of human that was made in His image. For the soul is the real human. All their attributes and qualities, such as their intellect, spirit body, material body, appetites, and passions, are merely appendages, or means of manifestation, given to that soul, to be its companions while passing through its existence on Earth. Also, qualifiedly, while living in Eternity (in the Spirit World). I mean, some of the appendages will accompany the soul in its existence in the Spirit World, whether that existence be for All Eternity, or not.
This Human Soul, great and wonderful as it is, was Created in the mere image and likeness of God, not in, or of, His Spiritual Substance, or Essence, the Divine of the Universe. It, the Human Soul, may cease to exist, without any part of the Divine Nature, or Substance, of the Father being lessened, or in any way affected. Hence, when humans teach, or believe, that human, or the soul of human, is Divine, or has any of the Qualities or Spiritual Substance of the Divine, such teaching and belief are erroneous. Because human, is only, and merely, the Created Human, the mere likeness, but no part of the Father, or of His Spiritual Substance and Qualities.
While the soul of human is of the Highest Order of Creation, and their attributes and qualities correspond, yet they are no more Divine in essential constituents, than are the lower objects of Creation. They each being a Creation, not an emanation, of their Creator.
True it is that the soul of human is of a Higher Order of Creation than any other Created Things. Is the only Creature made in the image of God. Was made the Perfect Human. Yet human, the soul, can never become anything different, or greater, than the Perfect Human, UNLESS they receive, and possess, the Divine Essence and Qualities of the Father, which they did not possess at their Creation. Although, the most Wonderful Gift, with their Creation, God Bestowed upon them the Privilege of receiving this Great Substance of the Divine Nature. Thereby, become Divine them self. The Perfectly Created Human could become the Divine Angel, if they, the human, so willed it, and obeyed the commands of the Father, and pursued The Way provided by the Father for obtaining and possessing that Divinity.
As I have said, the souls, the Human Souls, for the indwelling of which God provided material bodies, that they might live the mortal lives, were Created, just as subsequently these material bodies were Created. This Creation of the soul took place long before the appearance of Human Soul on Earth as a mortal. The soul, prior to such appearance, had its existence in the Spirit World as a Substantial Conscious Entity, although, without visible form, and I may say, individuality. Yet, having a distinct personality, so that it was different and distinct from every other Human Soul.
Its existence and presence could be sensed by every other soul that came in contact with it. Yet to the spirit vision of the other soul, it was not visible. Such is the fact now. The Spirit World is filled with these unincarnated souls, awaiting the time of their incarnation. We spirits know of, and sense, their presence. Yet with our spirit eyes, we cannot see them. Not until they become dwellers in the human form, and in the spirit body, that inhabits that form, can we see the individual soul.
The fact that I have just stated, illustrates, in a way, describes the Being of Him, in whose image these souls are Created. We know, and can sense, the Existence and Presence of the Father. Yet, even with our Spiritual eyes, we cannot see Him. Only when we have our soul developed by the Divine Essence of His Divine Love, can we perceive Him with our soul perception. Because you have not words in your language to convey its meaning, and nothing in Created Nature of which you have knowledge of, in which a comparison can be made. It is a Truth! The vision of the soul perception to its possessor is just as real, as I may say, objective, as is the vision of the mortal sight to the mortal.
It may be asked, in considering this matter of the Creation of the Human Soul, "were all souls that have been incarnated, or that are awaiting incarnation, Created at the same time, or is that Creation still going on?" I do know that the Spirit World contains many souls, such as I have described, awaiting their temporary homes, and the assumption of individuality, in the human form. As to whether that Creation has ended, and at sometime the reproduction of humans, for the embodying of these souls, will cease, I do not know. The Father has never revealed it to me, or to the others of His Divine Angels, who are close to Him in His Divinity and Substance.
The Father has not revealed to me all the Truths, and the workings and Objects of His Creative Laws. Neither, has He given to me all power, wisdom, and Omniscience, as some may find justification for believing in certain of the statements of the Bible. I am a progressive spirit. As I grew in Divine Love, Knowledge and Wisdom when on Earth, I am still growing in these Qualities. The Love and Mercy of the Father come to me with the assurance that never in All Eternity will I cease to progress towards the Very Fountainhead of these Attributes of Him, the Only God, the All in All.
As I was saying, the soul of human is the Real Human. Before, while in the mortal existence, and ever after in the Spirit World. All other parts of human, such as the mind, body, and spirit are mere attributes, which may be dissevered from them, as the soul progresses in its development toward its destiny, of either the Perfect Human, or the Divine Angel. In the latter progression, humans may not know it, but it is a Truth, that the mind, that is, the mind as known to humankind, becomes, as it were, non-existent. This mind, as some say the carnal mind, becomes displaced, and replaced, by the mind of the Transformed soul, which is, in Substance and Quality, to a degree, the Mind of Deity itself.
Many theologians, philosophers, and metaphysicians believe and teach that the soul, spirit, and mind, are substantially one and the same thing. That anyone of them may be said to be the human, the ego. That in the Spirit World, one, or the other, of these entities is that which persists and determines in its development, or want of development, the condition or state of human after death. This conception of these parts of human are erroneous. They each have a distinct, and separate, existence, and functioning, whether human be a mortal, or spirit.
The mind, in its qualities and operations, is very well known to human, because of its varied manifestations, and being that part of human, which is more of the Nature of the material, has been the subject of greater research and study, than has been the soul, or the spirit.
While humans have, during all the centuries, speculated upon, and attempted to define the soul, and its qualities and attributes, yet to them it has been intransitive, and impossible of comprehension by the intellect, which is the only instrumentality that human generally possesses to search for the Great Truth of the soul. Hence, the question; of what is the soul has never been satisfactorily, or authoritatively, answered. Though, to some of these searchers, when inspiration may have shed a faint Light upon them, some glimpse of what the soul is, has come to them. Yet to most humans, who have sought to solve the problem, the soul, spirit, and mind, are substantially the same thing.
The soul, as concerning human, is a thing of itself, alone, a (spiritual) Substance, Real, though invisible to mortals. It is the discerner and portrayer of human's Moral and Spiritual condition. Never dying, so far as known, the Real Ego of the human. In it are centered the Love Principle, the affections, the appetites, the passions, and the possibilities of receiving, possessing, and assimilating those things that will either elevate them to the state or condition of the Divine Angel, or the Perfect Human, or lower them to the condition that fits them for the hells of darkness and suffering.
The soul is subject to the will of human, which is the greatest of all endowments that were Bestowed upon them by their Maker at their Creation. Is the certain index of the workings of that will, either in thought, or action, and in the souls qualities of Love, affection, appetites, and passions, are influenced by the power of the will, either for good, or evil. It may be dormant and stagnate, or it may be active and progress. So its energies may be ruled by the will for good, or evil. But these energies belong to it (the soul), and are no part of the will.
The soul's home is in the spirit body, whether that body is encased in the mortal, or not. It is never without such spirit body, which in appearance and composition is determined by the condition and state of the soul. Finally, the soul, or its condition, decides the destiny of human, as they continue in their existence in the Spirit World, not a final destiny, because the condition of the soul is never fixed, for as this condition changes, human's destiny changes. For destiny is the thing of the moment. Finality is not known to the progress of the soul, until it becomes the Perfect Human, and is then satisfied, and seeks no Higher progress.
Now, in your common language, also in your theological and philosophical terms, mortals who have passed to Spirit Life are said to be spirits. In a certain sense, this is True. Such mortals are not nebulous, unformed, and invisible existences. They have a Reality of Substance, more Real and enduring than has human as a mortal, and are, in form and features, visible, subject to touch, and the object of the Spiritual Senses. So, when humans speak of soul, spirit, and body, if they understood the Truth of the terms, they would say, soul, spirit-body, and material-body.
There is a spirit, but it is altogether distinct, and different, from the spirit body, also from the soul. It is not part of the spirit body, but is an attribute of the soul, exclusively. Without the soul, it could not exist. It has no substance as has the soul. It is not visible, to even the spirit vision. Only the effect of its workings can be seen, or understood. It is without body, form, or substance. Yet it is Real, and powerful, when existing, never ceasing in its operations. Is an attribute of all souls.
Then what is the spirit? Simply this, the active energy of the soul. As I have said, the soul has its energy, which may be dormant, or which may be active. If dormant, the spirit is not in existence. If active, the spirit is present, and manifests that energy in action. So, to confuse the spirit with the soul, as being identical, leads to error, and away from the Truth.
It is said that God is Spirit, which in a sense is True. For Spirit is a part of His Great Soul Qualities, which He uses to Manifest His Presence in the Universe. To say that Spirit is God is not stating the Truth, unless you are willing to accept as True, the proposition that a part is the whole. In the Divine Economy, God is all of Spirit, but Spirit is only the Messenger of God, by which He Manifests the Energies of His Great Soul.
So with human, spirit is not human soul, but human soul is spirit, as it is the instrumentality by which the soul of human makes known its energies, powers, and presence.
Well, I have written enough for tonight. Sometime, I will come, and simplify this subject. Remember this: that Soul is God, and soul is human. All manifestations, such as spirit, and spirit body, are merely evidences of the existence of the soul, The Real Human.
I have been with you as I promised. I know that Father will Bless you.
So with my Love and blessing, I will say goodnight.
Your brother and friend, Jesus.
Human Soul
November 2nd, 1915
I am here, St. Matthew.
I have not written you for a long time. I desire to say a few words on matters pertaining to the human soul, and its relationship to God, Future Life and Immortality.
The soul is an image of the Great Soul of the Father, and partakes of features like this Great Soul, except that it does not necessarily have it in the Divine Love, which makes the soul of a mortal or spirit a partaker of Divinity. The soul may exist in human(s), and spirit(s), in all receptive qualities and yet never have the Divine Essence to fill it, which is necessary in order to make a human, or a spirit, a New Creature (Divine). That is the subject of the New Birth.
Only that mortal or spirit who has received this Divine Love of the Father can be said to be Immortal. All others may live, or they may not. It has not yet been revealed to us whether the Life or existence of these spirits who have not the conscious Knowledge of Immortality will continue to live through All Eternity. If they do, it will be because God so Wills that they shall live. Their existence will be subject to change. If such change should take place, only God knows what its character will be. While on the contrary, the soul that has acquired Immortality can never die. Its status, as to a Life through All Eternity is fixed. Even God himself cannot destroy that existence, because it is the possessor of that Divinity which makes God Immortal.
"The soul that sinneth, sinning it shall die." means that the qualities which it is necessary for it to obtain to make it a part of Immortality, can never come to it. Hence, as regards these qualities, it is dying and dead. The soul itself will live. For no spirit could possibly have an existence without a soul. When humans attempt to teach that when the Spirit of Life leaves the body, the soul dies, such humans do not state a Truth. The soul will live as long as the spirit existence continues, until the great change, should there be one, comes to that spirit. So, all humans must believe, that the soul which God gave to human, is just as much a part of human, as is the spiritual or physical body. The soul is the highest part of human. Is the only part, that in any way, resembles the Great Father, who is not body, or spirit-body in form, but is Soul. The human's soul, as I have said, is an image of that Great Soul. So you see, that when we speak of destroying the soul, it does not mean that the soul which belongs to every spirit will be destroyed, but that the essence of the soul, or rather the potentiality of that soul receiving the Divine Love and Nature of the Father, will be destroyed.
Of course, the soul can be starved and placed in a condition of stagnation, so that all its receptive powers will be, as it were, dead. Only some great miracle or unusual ministration can awaken it. To say that the soul ever dies is erroneous. In saying this, I do not include the possibility of some great change in the spirit of mortal by which such spirit may be destroyed. In such case, the soul will cease to exist as an individualized soul or entity. I do not know what would be the destiny of a soul in such event and, hence, cannot prophesy. Unless there be such great change, the soul will live, but not as an immortal soul possessing the Essence of Divinity, unless it has experienced the New Birth.
God, the Great Oversoul, may not recall to Himself the soul of any human, in the sense of depriving that human of their soul. His relation to that soul will be merely that of Creator and Created, subject always to the Will of the Creator. Whereas, the relationship of God towards the soul that has received the New Birth, and hence the Divine Nature, is not only of a Creator and Created, but also that of a co-equal, so far as this Great Quality of Immortality is concerned. The soul of human then becomes self-existing and not depending upon God for its continuance to exist.
This, I know, is a subject not easy for mortal mind to understand, but when you shall have received the soul perceptions, in addition to your natural mind, it will not be so difficult to grasp the exact meaning of my propositions.
I will not write more tonight. I am your brother in Christ, St. Matthew
Human Soul
November 2nd, 1915
The First Christian Gentile.
Let me say just a word as to the soul. I have heard what Matthew said. It seems to me that he did not describe what the soul is as clearly as desirable.
My conception of the soul is; that it is that part of the existence of human, which determines for them what their destiny shall be. It is the Real thinking, willing and conscious part of human. The intellect of human may die. This may seem unreal, but it is True. Human cease to exist as a conscious thing. I mean, if the intellect was the only faculty that they possess to make them conscious of their existence. The soul, so far as we know, can never die. It has as its qualities and elements, all the perceptions and reasoning powers that the intellect has, and many more. The soul is the only faculty, or part of human, that performs the mission of knowing, reasoning, and determining, after human has passed into the Seventh Sphere. Consequently, unless these soul qualities, or perceptions, are developed by obtaining into the soul the Divine Love, a human, or spirit, cannot get into the Seventh Sphere, for they would be wholly unable to live there and understand, or do, anything in that sphere.
The soul needs no instructions from the mere physical senses, because, those senses are not suitable to be used in the operations of the soul's faculties. Hence, a human who never cultivates these soul senses, as I will say, is not capable of understanding the Higher Spiritual things of the Celestial Spheres.
I will not write more tonight, but will come again. Your brother in Christ, St. Cornelius.
Human Soul
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