Page 197 - Spirit - A Journey Through Embodiment

on the body to transport it throughout its earthly sojourn, the
Spirit never wastes any opportunity for growth and in infinite
terms never wastes time. Every choice of the ego and the
consequences of that choice is to the benefit and growth of the
Spirit, whether the ego is aware of it or not. The difference for
the aware versus the unaware ego is the happiness or
unhappiness of the life it leads, the contentment or
discontentment it experiences. An ego that is aware of its
place in the plan of its Spirit can only ever be contented and
fulfilled. There is a very simple reason for this, life is not
being seen as challenging and a trial. It is seen as just being
life, and a life of the unknown becoming known, a life of
constant growth in awareness. The future is no mystery as it
doesn’t exist, but perhaps that is the mystery in the human
mind. The future is very predictable when one accepts that the
Law of Creation is also the Law of Cause and Effect. In order
to get to the future one needs to implement the plans of today.
If you understand why you made those plans then you will
have a fair idea of your future. If you fail to make plans for
yourself then you have no future until you do. If you make
those plans but fail to implement them then again there is no
future for you. Many seek to live through the plans of others,
and often without recognition of their own need for their own
plan. Others then make progress and though you may go with
them you will only get to where they need to go and seldom to
your destination. The way your society is constructed is such
that’s you go the way your leaders tell you is the right way for
you when it is really only the right way for them.
Unfortunately for you it is you who experiences the
consequences of following their path. However if you choose
to do this with the awareness from your spiritual mind then