The nature of the soul
QUESTION: Dear Masters, you have mentioned that Source decided to have something other than its complete greatness and that is when it started breaking off pieces to create souls. Could you please explain why this is and whom it benefits? I suppose the concept of benefit is an earthly one, but I am confused by the Source’s need or desire to do this at all. After these souls are created, they must go through a long journey of incarnating to learn lessons, only to eventually become one again with the Source from which they originated. If the whole point is to return to your original place with the Source, why did we not stay a part of it to begin with? Is this simply a way that the Source expresses itself? If so, why must it be compelled to? Is this cycle simply the nature of the Source? Thank you very much for any wisdom you choose to share. ~Louisa, USA
ANSWER: The Source didn’t choose to have something other than its complete greatness but rather to gain more wisdom of the nature of itself to better appreciate the essence of its own perfection.
You are correct that the concept of benefit is a judgmental one in most cases, but here it may be used to acknowledge an addition to the knowledge base that Source already possessed. Source, of course, gained in this instance, but so did each and every piece of Source.
Source had no need for this information, just a curiosity of how parts of itself would behave in a situation that was less than perfect and, in fact, negative as compared to the positive energy of unconditional love. Never having been present in anything but perpetual positive energy, Source could now experience something that had not even existed before it decided to create this new world.
Each soul makes its own choice whether to participate in this experiment or to remain at Home acting as guide for the other participants. Everyone always remains an integral part of Source. Their challenge is to see how much of their true essence they can remember and uncover while still in a human body.