“There is within each one of us a pattern of perfection that is dormant, simply waiting to be awakened through the use of our own will. As we open our minds, our hearts, and our souls into becoming a channel of blessings, harmony, and cooperation, we naturally attune ourselves to this inner pattern of wholeness.
From Edgar Cayce’s perspective, this realization of wholeness was perhaps best exemplified in the life of Jesus, a child of God (just as we) who lost sight of himself and made his every thought and deed in harmony with the very best that was within him. By so doing, Jesus took on the ‘mind of Christ’ and became the pattern of spiritual fulfillment for every soul on the Earth. This Christ Consciousness was further described as ‘the awareness within each soul, imprinted in pattern on the mind and waiting to be awakened by the will, of the soul’s oneness with God’ (5749-14), and its manifestation is the eventual destiny of each and every soul.
Essentially, the readings present Jesus as ‘Our Elder Brother,’ a soul who came to show each one of us the way back to our spiritual source by perfectly manifesting the laws of the Creator. Part of His mission was to demonstrate fully the living awareness of the spirit in the earth – something each one of us will eventually have to do. Ultimately, we will all be challenged to manifest that same pattern in our lives through service and unconditional love. Jesus’ life of service to others provides an example for all of humankind.
‘As we open our hearts, our minds, our souls that we may be a channel of blessings to others, so we have the mind of the Christ, who took upon Himself the burden of the world. So may we, in our own little sphere, take upon ourselves the burdens of the world. The joy, the peace the happiness that may be ours is in doing for the other fellow. For, gaining an understanding of the laws as pertain to right living in all its phases makes the mind in attune with the Creative Forces, which are of His Consciousness. So we may have that consciousness, by putting into action that we know. (262-3)’ ”
