“From Edgar Cayce’s perspective, too often we are out of touch with the intention (the why) behind our everyday actions. For this reason, he recommended that we establish a spiritual ideal to know and live by.
Then, the most important experience of this or any individual entity is to first know what is the ideal — spiritually. — Edgar Cayce reading 357-13
To consciously establish a spiritual ideal–like love, forgiveness, compassion, and service to others– helps us accomplish a personal transformation in our soul development.
In part, ideals help to establish ‘why’ we do the things we do. Everyone is, in essence, working with an ideal in their lives. However, not everyone is consciously aware of it. Sometimes when life is at it’s most confusing, the lack of conscious ideal plays a role. Since ideals shape our very lives, our experiences, and even who we are in the process of becoming, setting a conscious ideal is singularly important to our soul’s development and growth. And the
ideals that guide our lives will change over time as we learn, apply, and grow from each ideal that we’ve established. Choosing our ideal and then working with it to shape our life is a process that can help to awaken our soul’s purpose and foster soul growth.
Since our natural state is Spirit, reawakening to full spiritual awareness is one of the purposes we all have in common. In fact, in one reading (3357-2), Cayce stated that ‘Soul development should take precedence over all things.’ Cayce stated that soul development is not achieved through some great deed or act but is a gradual accomplishment that is attained ‘line upon line, precept upon precept.’
What appears to be most important is our application of the fruits of the Spirit in our interactions with others. In other words, acting with love, kindness, gentleness, and patience. According to Cayce, attunement and application are at the heart of spiritual growth. Attunement is the process of awakening to our spiritual nature and our true relationship with God.
Then, just being kind, just being patient, just showing love for thy fellow man; that is the manner in which an individual works at becoming aware of the consciousness or the Christ Spirit. — Edgar Cayce Reading 272-9″
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