“It is not the content that is important, it is the process.”
When we are born into a physical body we learn how to hold a form. We cannot hold this form for long at first, so require lots of sleep so our soul can travel back to the spirit realm. As we learn to hold this form and become accustom to physicality, we need less sleep. This is why babies sleep for most of the time, whilst the aged can survive on very little sleep.
The form we take can vary wildly, an can be anything physical, a rock, a tree, a mountain, an animal, a fish, a bird or a swarm of bees. Everything in the physical world is alive as such and contains a soul that is learning. A soul chooses to learn and may go back and learn other lessons, so don’t be surprised to find very old and advanced souls in the humblest of things.
Learning is not as in the academic sense. All the knowledge of the Universe is accessible to those who are advanced enough on the spiritual plane. Nothing is lost at death, Shakespeare’s plays, Einstein’s theories, Picasso’s masterpieces. All are contained in the vast energetic store of knowledge and experience present on the astral planes. Even if the Earth should be destroyed and every physical crumb of human knowledge burned to ashes, nothing is lost of the experience and knowledge, masterpieces and musings.
What is lost is far more valuable. What is lost is a rare and beautiful physical realm, a planet just the right size, just the right distance from a suitable star, with just the right attributes for life to evolve. Souls of course occupy other physical realms, the rocks on the Moon, the dust-storms on Mars, the stars themselves, but they do not have life. Life, as defined by science, has characteristics that make learning for souls much richer. This is due to the senses and the presence of a physical body that acts as a crystallisation point for consciousness.
The learning talked of here is that of experience, that of solidity and vulnerability that comes from having a physical body. In the spirit realm a soul can go wherever it likes in time and space, it can take whatever form it likes from a ball of energy, a construct of thought, through to humanoid and animal shapes, with every possible variation in between. It can merge with other souls and the Universe, it can even choose to disperse completely. It does not have needs as does a physical body, needs for food, air, water, security, warmth. It is relatively indestructible and can shape-shift endlessly to create its own reality. It can change its environment through thought, it can experience levels of ecstasy and oneness physical beings can only begin to dream of. It is vulnerable though, vulnerable to stagnation, to dispersal and most of all to confusion over a sense of self.
This sense of a separate self is a hallmark of a physical body. A body is an independent agent that has many needs in order to survive. It operates through its physical senses and becomes grounded in the physical environment, which it cannot change so easily. Being in a physical body teaches a soul selfhood. It teaches it boundaries, self and other, very hard and defined boundaries. It teaches it separateness in thought and experience. It teaches it to create a self-image, as a physical being sees itself as its physical likeness, one that stays with the being and changes as the body changes.
It also teaches the soul how to create an inner form. This is the organisation of thoughts, emotions, archetypes, metaphysical elements and constructs that make the psyche of the soul. This is taught by the process of a child growing up and learning about the world, itself and its place in the scheme of things. A person develops interests and a career, learns what it is to be like to be a mother, father, son, daughter, lover, loner. It defines its inner reality by its outer experiences. This process can be painful, fire burns, all physical bodies die, and are prone to diseases, hunger, thirst, and the emotional pain of separation.
Equally so, the process can be ecstatic. Sex is an analogy of spirit bonding, where two or more spirits merge in a platonic fashion, to give energy and love. On the physical plane sex lets us come as close as we can to another being, and teaches us our most intimate boundaries, it teaches us how to relate to other beings, it also teaches the sadness of separation, anger and jealousy. It turns us upside-down and forces us to redefine ourselves.
We also learn about patience and craftsmanship. In the astral plane we can make what we want, instantly and perfectly, according to our design. On the physical plane we must learn how to use our bodies in order to produce things. Humans are very adept at this, and this is one of the main reasons souls become human. They can learn much about defining themselves and holding a form in other modes of physical existence. They may learn about the elements by being a plant or a stone, they may learn fear and ecstasy through being an animal. They may choose to learn these lessons before, or after a human incarnation, or not at all.
Many souls choose to return to the human realm time after time to perfect craftsmanship. This can be in a conventional sense, such as a painter or a carpenter, or can be the mastery of writing a novel, or intellectual pursuits, or it can even be the mastery of healing or spiritual pursuits, such as Tai Chi or training their voice to sing in a choir.
The problem is most people do not know why they are physical. They do not remember choosing to come here and they do not remember why they came. They then spend a great deal of valuable time and energy trying to figure out the answers to these questions. Sometimes they give up, sometimes they descend into despair. Many don’t know why they are here and don’t even seem to care, indulging in hedonistic pursuits. All these people will learn something, as it is the physical life process itself they have come to experience. Learning in a conventional sense does not apply, what matters is the school of life. What matters is creating and expanding a sense of self, becoming adept, shaping vital energy in a slow and imperceptible process, like the action of water buffing jagged rocks into smooth pebbles.
Physical life is valuable, very valuable. Human life is very rare and extremely valuable, like finding a diamond in the mud. There are countless souls in the Universe, there are relatively few physical planes for these souls to inhabit, most inhabit the astral planes and higher in energetic form. This is a mirror to the physical Universe, most is energy but there is only a small amount of matter. For a planet to contain life in any form is rare, but for intelligent life to evolve is a miracle.
It is part of the responsibility of humanity to grow and evolve, to reach out for the stars and inhabit other planets. This will increase the number of human bodies for souls to inhabit. Mankind also has a responsibility to the planet, the spirit of Gaia, to act as her guardians and work with her energies and the many other souls that live with her. We are the lucky ones, as the human soul group lives closely with the planet Earth and human souls are repeatedly born into human bodies, if they so wish. There are great masses, trillions of souls, countless and more numerous than stars in the Universe, many never get the chance to become physical.
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