Why Do Souls Exist?
The Unified Purpose
Our lower-consciousness minds may not be able to fully comprehend our divine purpose, but consider this fellow souls. We resonate with the concept that All Is One, and that one we refer to as Source. What if Source wants to explore the finite concepts of many-ness and free will (Law of One: 13:12, 27:10)? Then what better way to do this than to create spiritual and material universes so that it can live vicariously through innumerable forms — being in the world but not of the world (Bible: John, 17:14-16). Whether or not these universes are tangible energy, projections or thoughts in Source’s infinite mind (The Kybalion, C5), or a collection of processes (aggregates) is debatable.
But if we, souls, are indeed part of Source’s exploration of many-ness, then could the ultimate purpose (dharma) for all souls be to illuminate the universe and help Source further know itself? Perhaps during this process, souls will learn to sustain permanent harmony and oneness with Source (Bhagavad Gita, 8:15)? Could this be as simple as exercising our free will to realize that we’re not simply a drop or wave in the infinite ocean of Source — that we are the ocean itself — we are pure awareness (eternity-knowledge-bliss or sat-chit-ananda), yet we’ve simply forgotten this. Well, maybe it’s a bit more involved than that. Afterall, Rome wasn’t built in a day.
For liberated souls, perhaps the primary goal equates to maintaining the ultimate state of being and devotion to Source (moksha) and helping others achieve it. For unliberated souls, perhaps it equates to undergoing the spiritual process of awakening our true nature within to achieve moksha. Based on our research, this process could include performing our prescribed worldly duties as devotional service to Source without the pride of being doers (Bhagavad Gita, 18:5-8); realizing our unified divinity; ending suffering and misery; seeing everything and everyone as Source; attaining vibrational harmony with Source; clearing our karma; and becoming permanently liberated from the cycle of rebirth.
States of Liberation Summarized
STATE
DEFINITION
Self-Realization (Enlightenment)
Realizing we are not our ego, body, or thoughts, but the soul or witness observing them. The drop of water realizes it is in the ocean.
Christ Consciousness Awakening
The awakening of the heart energy center. Realizing the divine love within, allowing us to see the divinity in everyone.
Universal Consciousness Expansion
Expanding our awareness beyond the body to encompass the entire material universe. Feeling the rhythm of all life as if it were our own heartbeat.
Unity Consciousness Awakening
The total collapse of the me vs. them wall. Perceiving there is only one single, seamless field of existence expressing itself through diversity.
Ceasing material attachments, egos, desires, aversions, and the separate self that causes suffering and misery.
Mukti
Clearing all karma and becoming permanently liberated from the cycle of rebirth (samsara).
God-Realization
Direct, unmediated identity with Source. The drop of water realizes it is not just in the ocean, but it is the entire ocean.
Moksha
The final merging of soul and divine spirit (pure consciousness). Attaining oneness and vibrational harmony with Source. Entering into full awareness of Brahman. Permanent graduation from the material universe, never to be overcome by maya again.
The Individual Purpose
Helper Groups
Just as all creation seems to have a purpose (to help Source know itself), each expansion or soul could also have its own individual mission, goals, dharma, and duties. Let’s consider, what we like to call, the helper groups. For example, perhaps wanderers, adepts, and lightworkers incarnate or materialize on lower-consciousness planes of existence (Law of One: 23:6, 50:8-9) to raise our collective vibration, heal, and radiate light. Perhaps yogis, gurus, and background players exist to aid spiritual progress. Perhaps others exist for other divine purposes such as to re-establish righteousness or maintain peace (Bhagavad Gita: 3:24, 4:7), as Sri Krishna did.
Our research suggests there are also higher-consciousness, helper groups like the Guardians, Council of Saturn (Council of Nine), and Confederation of Planets who perform celestial duties. This could include approving aid, inspiring others (or manipulating others like the Orion Empire), overseeing transfers of unharvestable souls to new planets during harvests, managing the inventory of available incarnations, balancing positive and negative energy influxes during harvests (Law of One: 6:8, 7:8-12, 48:8, 51:1), and maintaining light quarantines.
And Everyone Else
Outside of helper groups are those of us simply moseying along our spiritual paths to become liberated. Yes, some of us are apparently taking the scenic route by enslaving others and spreading fear. But not to worry. We resonate with the concept that all paths lead to unity and Source. For those of us taking a much more direct route, we’re engaging in meditation, devotion (bhakti), and service to others which helps us realize our oneness with everything and attain Source’s grace. The Bhagavad Gita (13:19, 18:54) explains that devotion is the essential ingredient in all paths leading to knowledge of Source. Devotion means to allow Source’s grace to flow through us, according to Sadhguru (Yogi, Mystic & Guru).
Some of us are also gaining realized knowledge and divine wisdom (Bhagavad Gita: 10:11, 13:8-12) so we can answer existential questions like,” who am I” and “how do I end suffering”? Yes, fellow souls. Our research suggests that knowledge should be realized (experiential) because realized knowledge and divine wisdom destroys ignorance, according to the Bhagavad Gita (5:16).
Some suggest that realized knowledge is achieved when we first gain theoretical knowledge of the three entities — material nature, souls, and Source. We can gain this knowledge from guides and the scriptures. Once we have it, we should engage accordingly in spiritual practice. This is corroborated in Autobiography of a Yogi (12:115, 214) which explains that wisdom is not fully understood with the eyes, but with the atoms. Ergo, when our conviction of a truth is not solely in our minds but in our essence, then we can confidently vouch for its meaning. It’s kind of like a scientist who develops a hypothesis, tests the hypothesis, and then draws definitive conclusions based on the results. Let’s not forget, as Sadhguru (Guru, Mystic & Yogi) explains, confidence without clarity is a disaster.
While some would suggest that work that’s done in devotion is the real work and knowledge that increases love for Source is the real knowledge, perhaps all work and knowledge can be beneficial depending on how one views it.
Individual Purpose Exemplified
Some would consider Jesus as the ultimate example of one committed to fulfilling their dharma. It’s written that before being taken away to be crucified, Jesus said that he could have easily prayed to Source for twelve legions of angels to smote Judas and the multitude, but if he did that, how would the scriptures be fulfilled (The Bible: Matthew, 26:53). So what purpose was Jesus trying to fulfill? Jesus’s life and purpose is debatable, both from a spiritual and historical standpoint.
The Law of One (84.4) explains that Jesus incarnated with the plan of martyrdom – demonstrating love, compassion, and commitment to its fullest perfection. Autobiography of a Yogi (32:253) suggests that Jesus’s purpose was to demonstrate the death of the ego and the resurrection of the eternal soul, fully unified with Source through awakened Christ Consciousness. Perhaps Jesus’s purpose was also to demonstrate that he is the way, the truth, and the life and that no man can come unto the Father but by him, according to The Bible (John, 14:5). If this verse is true, does it imply that devotion to Jesus is the only path or way to Source?
It’s clear that, like much of The Bible, John 14:5 can be interpreted or misinterpreted many different ways. Edgar Cayce Readings (262-29, 5749-4) seem to interpret it as the only way to Source is to ascend to a high enough vibrational frequency and consciousness level (e.g. Christ Consciousness vibration) so we’re capable of stabilizing Source’s divine, higher vibrational energy (Holy Ghost). The verse could also be interpreted as the only way to Source is by unlocking our heart energy centers — the bridge between the higher and lower energy centers — which is done by embodying love, compassion, and devotion as Jesus did. Perhaps this is synonymous with the middle way or middle pillar often associated with the Kabbalah. The verse could also correlate to rising kundalini energy through the sushumna nadi (channel) — emphasizing the direct ascent from the material world back to Source.
Was Jesus’s purpose also to serve as the messiah that takes away all sins (The Bible: John, 1:1-6)? The Bible does explain that Jesus, the Son of man, came to give his life as a ransom for many (Matthew, 20:26) and his blood as a remission of sins (Matthew, 26:27). If this is true, could it correlate to the phenomenon where realized masters take on the consequences of karma and diseases from their disciples (Autobiography of a Yogi: 21: 178, 43:364) to help speed up their spiritual progress?
Consider this fellow souls. Edgar Cayce Readings (2072-4, 5749-14) suggest that Jesus was the last of several previous incarnations beginning with Amilius, then Adam (The Bible: Genesis, 2:7). Ergo, perhaps Jesus’s purpose was also to reestablish the unity and partnership fractured between Adam (nature of masculine energy/reason/wisdom/doing) and Eve (nature of feminine energy/feeling/love/being) in the garden of Eden, according to Autobiography of a Yogi (16:148). As one can see fellow souls, not all of us have such lofty goals, but we all still have a divine role to play.
Achieving Our Purpose
What happens when we finally achieve our individual and unified goals? When one becomes liberated or fit to attain the ultimate state of being (harmony with Source) while still running out the clock on our current life, then it’s thought that we will still continue to perform normal daily activities and experience sensations. But instead of being guided by mental reactions, egoist tendencies, and attachments to outcomes, we would be guided by love, compassion, wisdom, and an unwavering inner peace.
For example, once liberated, our research suggests that we would possess a purified intellect, relish solitude, eat lightly, and meditate, according to the Bhagavad Gita (18:51-55). We would also see everything with equanimity (Bhagavad Gita, 13:8-12), be detached from any outcome (Law of One, 35:8), see Source in everyone and everything, and be exclusively focused on Source.
After liberated souls drop their material bodies (gross physical, subtle astral, and causal), what’s next? The Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) often discouraged speculation on this because our focus should always be on the present moment. On the other hand, The Buddha did mention that when a flame goes out, we know that it has gone out because its fuel is gone, but we can’t say where it went. In the same way, when a liberated entity discards its material body, they’re no longer tied to the conditions that would make them this or that. Is this when moksha can be achieved?
Consider this fellow souls. Could moksha be when individuality (soul) and Source (spirit) merge? Afterall, infinite can not be many unless there is unity, as explained by the Law of One (1:7). This would suggest that moksha means we completely merge with Source consciousness and return to a state of undifferentiated awareness (Law of One, 97:9). But if this is the case, then would we not retain a new divine body? What if we also had the option to reside with Source in everlasting fellowship in the spiritual universe, while retaining our individuality in divine bodies, according to the Bhagavad Gita (9:28, 15:6-16)?