John Van Auken

Reading thirty-nine fifty-four dash one says, "Thy prayers ascend to the throne of God, and the angel of each entity stands before the throne to make an intercession." We'll now begin to return, taking a deep breath in, cleansing breath out, opening your eyes and reconnecting to the world around you, returning in peace and in love.

And now in closing, John Van Auken on the Association for Research and Enlightenment's Spiritual Growth Pages tells us that Taoist master, uh, Lao Tzu taught, "Whoever is seeking eternal life must search for the place from whence essence and life originally sprang." Edgar Cayce agrees in reading fifty-three sixty-seven dash one, "For in the beginning, God said, 'Let there be light.' You are one of those sparks of light with all the ability of creation, with all the knowledge of God." And in reading two ninety-four dash eight, it's suggested that we were there in the beginning when the morning stars sang together and the whispering winds brought the news of the coming of humanity's indwelling, when man became the living soul.

Also, Jesus indicates our pre-existence when he prays to God, "And now glorify thou me together with thyself, Father, with the glory that I had with thee before the world was." This statement, before the world was, indicates that our souls were alive before the world was.

We need to learn about this and what happened and who we really are as heaven already knows us.

It's here that we learn to love one another, we learn to forgive one another, and make choices so that we can align our will with the will of the Creator.

John Van Auken, who is one of the most renowned speakers for the ARE, described our sojourn on Earth this way.

He said, "We are spirits and minds temporarily having a physical life." Why? Because this life provides our spirits and mind with the opportunity for growth by raising our vibrations and expanding our consciousness.

Edgar Cayce was asked in a reading, uh, someone asked him, "How long will I have to do this?" Meaning, how long will I have to continue to reincarnate? And his answer was, "Well, how long do you require?" Cayce had a lot to say about reincarnation, as you can imagine.