IN OUR FATHER'S HOUSE
by John Van Auken
In My Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told
you. I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there you may be also. I
will not leave you comfortless, but will come to you. -John 14
The Edgar Cayce discourses have some of the most insightful comments on this
well-known quote from Jesus' Last Supper teachings. "As you read, 'In my
Father's house,' know that it means in your Father's house, in your own soul,
in your own experience are the many mansions! And 'were it not so, I would have
told you,' means that if it were not so, you yourself would have known!"
As with so much of the deep-trance material that came through Cayce, it takes
us deep within our consciousness:
"'In my Father's house are many mansions,' means many consciousnesses, many
stages of enfoldment, of unfoldment, of blessings, of sources.
Thus as He declares, 'Behold I stand continuously before the door of your
consciousness, of your own mansion.' For your body is indeed the temple of the
living God. And there He has promised to meet you."
This sounds so easy and yet is so difficult in the doing. The Cayce readings,
which come from attunement to God's universal consciousness, teach that often
the problem is of our own making.
We expect the Divine to be spectacular, but it is subtle, still, and gentle.
We doubt, even when it is close at hand.
The Divine Consciousness is so close and we are so much a portion of Its being
that we are one. "Not only God is God, but self is a part of that Oneness,"
says Cayce.
"So oft in seeking that some great thing may be done does the soul stumble over
itself, but 'I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am there you may be
also, and if I go I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I
am there you may be also.' And, 'I will not leave you comfortless, but will
come and enjoin you in your daily activities, your daily service.' This is the
promise to every soul. If you would make that promise your own, then seek and
you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Let there be definite periods when you look within self, cleansing the mind,
the body, in such ways and manners and measures that you would offer as your
offering unto the holy experiences that may be yours.
For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects
much -- if he lives and uses that in hand day by day -- shall be full to
running over."
Let's be expectant, believing, and budgeting the time for deep inner at-onement
with the Divine.
"How? How, then, may you approach the throne? Turn yourself within. As you
meditate, give forth in your own words these thoughts:
"'Father, God, maker of heaven and earth! I am yours -- you are mine! As I
claim that kinship with that Holy Love, keep you me in that consciousness of
your presence abiding with me; that I may be that channel of blessings to
others, that I may know your grace, your mercy, your love -- even as I show
such to my fellow man!'
"And you may be very sure the answer comes within. Thus, as you apply -- the
answer comes. By applying -- we do not mean a separation from the world. For
even as He, you are IN the world but not OF the world. But putting away the
worldly things you take hold upon the spiritual things, knowing that the
worldly are but the shadows of the real."
A place has been prepared for us, and we have help in getting there. Abiding in
that heavenly place for just a few minutes each day can make a wondrous
difference in our lives and the lives of those around us. Enjoy. Share.
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