The real essence of man is not, as most of the world is inclined to think, his physical body, but his soul. The soul is the Prince: it comes from the highest realms – the “court of the King”– and is ultimately destined to rise and return to its proper place, enjoying the true goodness of closeness to God. If we came into this world with all our higher soul-powers intact, we would always recall the spiritual worlds from which the soul originates. Seeing this world in its true perspective, we would understand its material dimension for what it is – a limitation that has to be mastered and transcended in order to acquire the spiritual goodness that is our destiny. What creates the test of the soul is that “the Prince thinks he is aTurkey.” The Prince in us is the authentic soul, but when we come into this world, our higher, spiritual consciousness is mostly lost to us. In order to function and go about our everyday business, a lower form of consciousness comes to the fore – this-worldly, material, Turkey consciousness. This is what tends to blot out our awareness of the lowly nature of this world and our true purpose in it.
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