SOPHIA


Searching for the Trees of Knowledge
Part One
The Journey Begins
There is a metaphysical statement that assures us:
"When the student is ready the Teacher appears."
We all have found that to be true in many areas of our lives, all our lives,
continuing into the present time. In spite of how it may seem at times,
Life does bring us what we need to progress, Body and Soul.
There is nothing mysterious about that when we consider another
metaphysical Truth that 'Each day we are given our 'daily bread'"....we are given
our Truth for each day! And that 'Truth' we are expected to use constructively
in order to experience Life harmoniously and productively in the
human arena, or anywhere We happen to be in the Greater Universe.
The First Truth, as it concerns the human endeavor, tells us that We are not the
mortal human vehicle. One day we, the human being, awaken to the Knowledge
that WHO WE ARE is an Immortal Bit of Life encased in a physical body. And the
'Bread of Life' is immediately available to us as and when we need It or are
ready and willing to receive It. We finally realize that wherever we are we are
directly connected to all that sustains Life.
The Second Truth as it concerns the human/Soul Endeavor is that We have
embodied to expand the Light of Universal Godness here.
How much and when we experience the Expansion of 'Life/Light' here on Earth
depends on our (humanly) knowing what to do....how to use Spiritual Knowledge....
That's where all our Soul Experiences come into play.
And this Earth Experience is only one of many places (Many Mansions)
in which we live, learn, and serve.
Thus one of the first Truths we are taught is that the human-us is to put on the
Mind that was the 'Mind of Jesus'. And 'what Mind' was That....
When we are ready to ask that question, a new kind of personal search
begins. Where before we may have been focused on
the Greater God of the Universe....on Our 'Father'...a Being or Power remote in
our minds and far away in time and space,
now suddenly we are faced with the Idea of a Bit of Christ Mind that is said
to exist within each one of us. How do we prove that?
I would say there is no way to know what that 'Mind of Christ' is
without Knowing first WHO WE REALLY ARE....
For thousands of years humanity has been denied that Truth by the 'religions'
that purport to guide them Spiritually. And it is denied by individuals themselves
who have lacked personal interest in the Subject.
Thus, few on Earth today,
KNOW WHO THEY REALLY ARE IN THE COSMIC SCHEME OF THINGS.
And thus we have the terrible conditions on Earth for now many thousands upon
thousands of years as little by little the human has pushed its Soul Mind aside and
the animal nature has gotten the upper hand.
Desire for Knowledge of 'Greater Self....Greater Beingness' begins to come into
human focus when the Intuitive Messages of the ever present Soul Mind finally
penetrate the human consciousness, bringing with Them, the dawning Idea of
WHO WE REALLY ARE .
It is in this way that eventually each one learns about that small Spark of
Greater 'I AM' GODNESS that resides within the physical body,
learning that a small Spark of Christ Light and Consciousness exists on an Altar
in a Secret Place in the human heart....that it is placed there at the time of
conception. And we come to accept the Idea that
WHO WE REALLY ARE IS THE IMMORTAL CONSCIOUSNESS....
THE IMMORTAL IDENTITY
WITHIN THAT SPARK OF CHRIST LIGHT.
AND KNOWING THAT 'WE', BODY AND SOUL, BEGIN TO FAN THAT SPARK INTO A
GREATER FLAME.... ONE THAT THEN EXPANDS TO LIGHT OUR WAY ON EARTH
AND FINALLY TO LIGHT THE EARTH!
NOW WE ARE BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE INDEED CAPABLE OF
DOING THOSE ' GREATER THINGS' THAT THE BELOVED ONE WE KNOW AS 'JESUS'
SPOKE OF.
Now, at the outset, any quest for more Knowledge or Experience
in any field of endeavor requires a level of human 'belief and/or faith' in
whatever we are attempting to do.
So the Third Truth concerns Faith and Belief, Trust and Commitment:
Those Attitudes guide us and hold us steady, Mentally and Emotionally as we
continue to use and evolve our Understanding of the Greater Knowledge.
However, what complicates our search for Truth, is that Spiritual
' Truth' is currently divided or scattered among many Trees in the
Spiritual Forest.
And yes, I think there are Reasons for this....Reasons partially hidden.
But keep in mind that if we are Faithing and Believing and Trusting and if we are
committed to following that Voice that is leading us, we don't have to understand
all the 'Cosmic Reasoning' behind the Evolutionary Process on Earth.
Our job is to 'educate' ourselves by finding and 'putting on' that Christ Mind that
was the 'Mind of Jesus'....our Spiritual Process is to gather and practice Truth,
piece by piece, until we come to the point of being able to say,
'I think I begin to Understand'.
And it is a great day when we can say that and when we find we are not alone in
our search....when we connect with other Searchers who have arrived at a similar
Understanding after a similar search.
Religions, organizations have grown from people coming together in the name of
some Aspect of the True Knowledge of God. Spirituality has grown on Earth
whenever individuals have taken their Ideas out into
the wider world to serve the various evolving levels of human and Soul Mind.
.
If we become impatient with ourselves let us remember:
Most of us (Souls) start Life here on Earth with just a human baby mind to work
with. Over the years we grow and humanly move from one Idea to another...
hopefully always seeking Greater Truth.... hopefully always seeking the
'Mind of Christ' that was demonstrated by 'Jesus'.
As we seek, the Soul Mind that lives within the human-us begins to
flex its Cosmic Muscles, as it were, grateful that its human partner is showing
Signs of interest in Spiritual Knowledge.
For me it has always been encouraging to realize that The Soul (or Bit of Christ
Mind) is always trying to get my human attention and when successful, the human
'me' has progressed 'on the road' to becoming an increasingly,
more successful human/Soul Partnership.
We are not without the tools to achieve a successful human/Soul Journey.
The brain ( the hard drive) has within it the Software (information) needed by
Body and Soul for each Journey. We are at the outset provided with as much
Information and Experience as we need or can handle at any one time...and step
by step the 'Journey of Body and Soul' gets underway. Then it is up to each one
of us, each human/Soul Partnership, to Expand the Journey....take It as far as we
wish to go or are able to go with It at any one time.
Thus, 'Faith and Belief' spring into Life when we begin to
'just know' there is more to Life than only the human process, and Trust in that
'knowing' leads us to the Commitment needed to succeed.
It helps to realize that we see the physical body as a type of
material body created to handle the density of Earth Energy as it now
exists....that it was and continues to be designed specifically to meet the needs
of an Immortal Spark of Life ....One that contains the Christ Mind and Energy of
Higher Origin.
In time, the vibration of Earth Energy will be higher/faster than it is at the
present time.... at which time the physical body will be created less dense and
heavy....making it easier for 'Souls' to matriculate here. But that happens
slowly with the Evolution of Life. It takes time....
Meanwhile, our Understanding and Use of 'Life' expands as fast and as far as
we, Body and Soul, wish to or are able to take It. We are Free to create our Lives
in whatever way We desire to create It, with the Understanding that the Truth
we seek is this:
We are to strive always to be in tune with God Consciousness at the level of our
personal Christ Level as well as at the Universal Levels of Greater Godness.
We are to strive to access that Consciousness.
We are to strive to activate that Consciousness
We are to become that Consciousness.
In time, when we are ready to experience that Level of Consciousness
the Secrets of Life are revealed to us...ending our Quest for the Holy Grail.
In time we taste the Fruits of the Trees of True Knowledge.
Looking back on it from that Height,
I think we will see that Life is really so
simple if our 'eye be single'.

Lois J Crawford
2003-2010


7-15-03 These words were written to encourage
two new Students on the Path.