{"id":4002,"date":"2015-04-01T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/?p=4002"},"modified":"2015-03-29T20:43:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T00:43:34","slug":"4002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2015\/04\/4002.html","title":{"rendered":"The Promise of an Immortal Self"},"content":{"rendered":"

Within each of us already lives a higher order of being, an immortal spirit that neither time nor circumstance can cause to end.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Seated at the center of each of us lies buried a kind of celestial seed, buried there since the beginning of time. But this divine gift must be awakened\u2014in this lifetime\u2014before its fruit can be realized, for it alone contains life\u2019s greatest prize: victory over death\u2014a conscious connection to a vine everlasting that never dies. The expression of this fruition is inseparable from our freedom from the fear of death, even as our freedom from death is the same as finally fulfilling our highest individual possibilities.<\/p>\n

The true purpose for the incarnation of Christ or any other authentic avatar, saint, prophet, or sage\u2014regardless of his or her place and time of birth\u2014is a single purpose expressed through two phases. First, to remind us of our lost heritage: we are children of a Celestial Being and within us dwells the seed of an immortal Self. And second, upon awakening to this forgotten heritage, to accept the responsibility that comes with it: to use our lives to help manifest the will of heaven on earth so that these two planes of existence, and their beings, may be reconciled and perfected accordingly.<\/p>\n

The higher order of unconditional love and compassion, as evidenced by the selfless lives of saints and sages\u2014acting as heralds of a heaven to come\u2014proves the existence of a higher order of being awakened in them but still asleep within us. As such, the knowledge they disseminate is designed to help us awaken this celestial consciousness within us, much as sunlight acts upon a dormant seed, stirring it to open. All true spiritual masters are in concert when it comes to this last vital revelation; it is perhaps the greatest spiritual \u201csecret\u201d on this earth.<\/p>\n

For any \u201cflower\u201d to live, the seed of its origin must die. It is a law: the latter must pass before the former can prosper and reveal its latent potential. Virtually all scripture, East and West, affirms this sacred teaching as expressed here by Christ:
\n\u201cVerily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.\u201d\u00a0The hidden meaning of this oft-quoted, little-understood phrase is as follows: the \u201ccorn of wheat\u201d in this passage represents the spiritually asleep, unawakened human. The seed, in both instances, is just the first stage of its being; it is a herald of possibilities yet to be realized. As such, as is true with any seed, physical or spiritual, if it doesn\u2019t succeed with its ordained task or somehow rejects its natural role, the very reason for its existence is rendered null and void.<\/p>\n

We hold within us a sublime seed richly impregnated with divine possibilities; it is our greatest gift. Within it lives the promise of an immortal Self, a celestial citizenship in a world outside the prison and pain of passing time. But again\u2014as is true of all seeds, regardless of their nature\u2014each must find the right conditions and nourishment needed for it to flourish. Once accomplished, almost nothing can stop this seed from breaking free and stepping out of its confining husk. In that instant it is reborn into a new form; it enters into the next level of its being, and the journey begins anew.<\/p>\n

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