Why Do Souls Exist?
Last Updated August 31, 2026
The Unified Purpose
Exploration of Many-Mess
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 is referred to as Source. What if Source seeks to explore the finite concepts of many-ness and free will (Law of One: 13:12, 27:10)? Could this mean that Source’s manifestation of innumerable forms and universes is actually an act of love — a willingness to experience separation so that unity can become conscious of itself? 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 help Source further know itself through illusion and duality? Perhaps during this process, souls will ultimately awaken to uncover our divine origins and sustain permanent harmony and oneness with Source (Bhagavad Gita, 8:15).
For liberated souls, perhaps this equates to sustaining 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 divinity, our divine sparks, our connection to pure consciousness, our connection to Source — experimenting on the journey back to Source, as Dr Joe Dispenza (Author, Researcher & Lecturer) explains. Let’s delve into the awakening process.
The Awakening Process
What if unliberated souls have simply forgotten their true nature? Edgar Cayce Readings (1549-1:6) explain that the soul of each individual is a portion of the whole, with the birthright of creative forces to become a co-creator with the Father. The readings further explain (2079-1:7-8) that each soul is endowed with self-will which gives us the capacity to be the law and yet comply with a universal purpose. So what if awakening is about realizing that we’re not simply a drop or wave in the infinite ocean of Source? That we are the ocean itself — unified awareness (eternity-knowledge-bliss or sat-chit-ananda).
This suggests that awakening our true nature is ultimately about transcending the limitations of our humanity to awaken our divinity — restoring unity between our inner masculine and feminine natures and matter and spirit. As Gnostic teachings point out, a divided self or soul is easy to distract, influence, and keep asleep. But, we can not unite with our divine counterpart until we begin to see ourselves truthfully without the identities, fears, and illusions the material world can place on us.
Perhaps this means realizing the separation of our two natures through inner silence and awareness — examining what we are refusing to let unfold to see what was always present beneath the noise. We could also take it a step further to suggest that this means our two natures can remain distinct without having to exile one another.
Gnostic teachings describe four stages of the awakening process — a continuous movement of consciousness preserved across the Apocryphon of John, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and the Gospel of Philip. Essentially, every moment of our awareness is divinity remembering itself through us. These four stages of awakening according to Gnostic teachings are separation, revelation, remembrance, and union. These stages have been embodied, symbolized, and fostered throughout history including…
- Sophia (embodiment of divine feminine) – gave us separation and the veil of amnesia through the descent of divine wisdom into material form or matter
- Jesus – revealed the dualistic nature of the world (divine feminine and masculine) and our divine origins
- Mary Magdalene (embodiment of divine feminine) – showed what it meant for our true nature to be remembered
- Bridal Chamber – restoration of the soul’s original wholeness. The threshold or moment where inner feminine and masculine reunite and consciousness awakens from the illusion of the material universe.
There are a plethora of terms associated with our path from separation to unity. We define some of them below.
States of Awakening & Liberation Summarized
STATE
DEFINITION
Dark Night of the Soul
A profound crisis of purpose, identity, or faith. An old way of life or ego breaks down. Marked by feeling empty, lost, or disconnected from one’s purpose. This crisis clears the way for spiritual growth.
Self-Realization
Realizing we are not our egos, bodies, minds, or thoughts. We are either a collection of five temporary processes or aggregates (per Buddhism) or permanent souls (per Vedanta) — the drop of water realizes it is in the ocean.
Awakening
The awakening of the heart energy center. Realizing the divine love within, allowing us to see the divinity in everyone. The realization of our dualistic natures such as love and wisdom and feminine and masculine (per Gnosticism).
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.
Awakening
The total collapse of the me vs. them wall. Perceiving there is only one single, seamless field of existence expressing itself through diversity.
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.
Enlightenment
Broad, umbrella term used to describe various temporary states or spiritual experiences such as self-realization.
Ceasing material attachments, egos, desires, aversions, and the separate self that causes suffering and misery (per Buddhism). The attainment of a state of total peace and liberation.
Mukti
Clearing all karma and becoming permanently liberated from the samsara cycle of life and death.
Moksha
The final merging of soul and divine spirit (pure consciousness). Full awareness and recognition of Brahman (God-realization). Distinguished from temporary spiritual states because it is permanent, irreversible liberation from maya. All material bodies have been dropped: gross-physical, subtle astral, and causal.
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 onto 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 planetary quarantines.
And Everyone Else
Outside of helper groups are those of us simply moseying along our spiritual paths to realize our true nature and become liberated from our material illusion when we see it clearly. Yes, some of us are apparently taking the scenic route by enslaving others and spreading fear. But, no worries. We resonate with the concept that all paths lead to unity and harmony with 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).
In order for some of us to become devout, we first seek information to better understand our purpose and what needs to be done. But not just any information. We seek realized knowledge and divine wisdom (Bhagavad Gita: 10:11, 13:8-12) so we can ponder existential questions like, ” who am I,” “what in my perception keeps dividing what is already whole,” and “why is suffering occurring”? 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). How does one gain realized knowledge?
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 can engage in spiritual practices — validating this knowledge through direct experience, as Buddhist teachings encourage. 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. Edgar Cayce Readings (261-15: 5-7) also agree that knowledge is not sufficient in itself. We must make knowledge realized, active, and practical as a principle in our experiences.
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 through research, tests the hypothesis, and then draws definitive conclusions based on the results. We must remember, 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.
For example, the Law of One (84:4) explains that Jesus was a 4th density entity eligible to graduate to 5th density. But, instead Jesus incarnated into 3rd density with the plan of martyrdom. Aaron Abke (Spiritual Teacher) explains that he chose to come back to help awaken the Jewish community who were locked into a vengeful, fearful monolithic view of God. Because of his love, compassion, and commitment, perhaps he was able to demonstrate a way to purify the mind (our humanity) through love to awaken an enlightened state of consciousness (our divinity).
Paramahansa Yogananda (Guru, Yogi & Monk, 1893 – 1952), Dolores Cannon (Author & Hypnotherapist, 1931 – 2014), the Dead Sea Scrolls, and countless other resources suggest that Jesus spent time in India, Tibet, and other countries as a teen through early adulthood with the purpose of learning, integrating, and bridging the wisdom of Eastern and Western spiritual traditions. Autobiography of a Yogi (32:253) specifically explains that Jesus demonstrated the death of the ego and how to transcend the limitations of the material form to become fully unified with Source through awakened Christ Consciousness. So perhaps Jesus’s purpose was to prove that the material mind/body can and should be mastered because it’s an instrument for the soul.
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 and Eve in the garden of Eden — with Adam being the nature of masculine energy (reason/wisdom/doing) and Eve being the nature of feminine energy (feeling/love/being) — according to Autobiography of a Yogi (16:148). This would be consistent with Gnostic teachings which suggest that Jesus’s purpose was to reveal the dualistic nature of the world (feminine and masculine) and help us remember our divine origins.
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 and translated many different ways. Edgar Cayce Readings (262-29, 5749-4) seem to interpret it as the only way to fully unify with Source is to ascend to the same vibrational frequency and consciousness level Jesus expressed through his body (e.g. Christ Consciousness vibration). Through that vibration we would be capable of stabilizing Source’s divine, higher vibrational energy (Holy Ghost). This would suggest that one must look past Jesus’s physical form and focus more on his soul or inner quality.
John (14:5) 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 often associated with Buddhism or the 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?
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.
As the fourth stage of Buddhist enlightenment suggests, it would be like living in the world but not being tainted by it and still experiencing physical pain but not mentally suffering from it. The Bhagavad Gita (18:51-55) suggests that we would possess a purified intellect, relish solitude, eat lightly, and meditate. 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 explain 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, it’s no longer tied to the conditions that would make it this or that. Is this when moksha can be fully realized?
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 a sense of individuality in divine bodies, according to the Bhagavad Gita (9:28, 15:6-16)?
All possibilities all there. Happy seeking fellow souls!
