LESSON 10: The Road Greatly Travelled
In these lessons on the soul building process we have examined what constitutes a survival value experience, and what practical value those experiences have in forming the surviving morontia soul. It is wise to give thought to the value of your experiences and to maximize your time in building the best soul possible.
Think about this: If 90% of your life experience was lived in the pursuit of non-survival values, what value would be in your soul? Only crumbs, and after death there would not be much of "you" left to begin the next phase of your post-resurrection life. You would be unprepared for your new adventure on the mansion worlds and would have a difficult time making the transition.
The weightier your soul is, rich with survival value experiences, mastery, and character in this life, the greater will be your ability to grasp the new meanings and values you encounter in this new and amazing resumption of your life on the mansion worlds; for each progressive realm of existence builds upon the experiences of the former, and the wisdom gleaned from those experiences is what perfects the mind and raises the vibratory signature of the surviving soul, elevating it closer and closer to the Source of all creation.
Become aware of this process as you go about your daily lives and think about how your current life shall work into your new environment and continuing life on the mansion worlds, and how you can start now to build a better you.
A well prepared traveler plans ahead for a long journey and packs the essential things needed for visiting a new land. So, what should you pack to bring to Heaven? Imagine what it will be like to visit this new land. What are the people like there? What are the customs? What's the weather like? What is the economy like? Are there any dangers? Imagine this heaven-like place and think about what you would need to actually live there.
Since there is no money economy in Heaven, you will not need currency, silver, gold, or any of the experiences from your current life that pertain to the procurement of money. That's a huge chunk of human life experience is it not? What about all those experiences you are not proud of that include anger, resentment, cruelty, abusiveness, judgment, selfishness, un-forgiveness, and other experiences that did not serve you well in this mortal life? They will not be needed there, because there is no practical or future use for such valueless meanings. All the hurtful, shameful, contemptible experiences (non-survival values) will fall away like scaffolding when you make the transition.
If you think about only the very best experiences you had in life, those are the things that will serve you in the next phase of your life on the mansion worlds. Loving relationships are the first and most important experiences the TA will likely retain for you. Those experiences that involve the discovery of Truth, the joy of creating or beholding Beauty, and the experiences of being in a state of Goodness. Those times and situations where you truly enjoyed living life to the fullest are the most valuable experiences to bring with you.
When life experience encompasses Love in any way, shape, or form, it is sure to become part of your soul as your eternal inheritance for your ascension career.
These lessons have prepared you for our next curriculum which will introduce you to the Spirit realm and its vast host of helpers; but before you begin your journey in that realm, here are a few more insights about the soul and life in Heaven.
Some of the activities and practices you now entertain, and which bring value to your life, shall become a great asset to you in the afterlife. Being consciously prepared for your next adventure, having the blessed assurance that life is eternal is one of the greatest joys of living that shall sustain you and keep you moving forward, toward god-like perfection.
On the mansion worlds you will have greater mind capacity and circuitry connected to the cosmic mind, your ability to focus and reflect on the earth treasures you bring with your soul will help you to get acclimated to morontia life and the perfection process of ascension. There you no longer have to spend time and energy carving out a living to sustain your most basic physical needs, or to provide shelter and pay rent. Since your soul is potentially immortal you will have infinitely more time to build a better you.
Think about how much time you spend each day on self-improvement, or nurturing a loving relationship, compared to all the time spent on terrestrial needs? This ratio is nearly reversed on the mansion worlds and much of your early activities and time will be spent acclimating to your new morontia bodies and discovering and using your new expanded abilities. You will no longer have a physical brain that operates on electrochemical impulses driven by emotion, and therefore you will have greater control of your thoughts and the ability to analyze past experiences without self-loathing, and to extract the higher meanings and values as they relate to your ascendant career.
Do you practice stillness, and do you communicate your questions, ask for guidance, share your thoughts and desires with the Father? This same process of reaching out to Spirit for nurturing and guidance will continue on the mansion worlds, yet the energetic connection to these divine sources will be more real to you there because of your conscious connection to your Indwelling Father fragment, the Thought Adjuster. Do you enjoy socializing, gathering with like-minded personalities and sharing and exchanging information and experiences? On the mansion worlds, you won't have to search far to find kindred spirits, for you shall be mostly grouped together with those of similar vibration where you can all learn and acquire new knowledge, discover and create new ideas, and progress together in a safe and astonishing environment where you can focus on those things that interest you most.
There is a familiar pattern to life after you strip away all the interference from terrestrial challenges, that you can begin to recognize, that will carry over with you into the hereafter. There you can more clearly see how important is your earth life, your decisions and actions, your loves and relationships, and how they shape who you are and what you are becoming. As was previously stated at the beginning of this lesson, become aware of this process as you go about your daily lives and think about how your current life shall progress into your environment on the mansion worlds and how you can build a better you.
And finally, upon your completion of this course, we are making available to you a document entitled: Nature and Nurture of the Soul which contains every reference to the soul found in the Urantia Book. This document was graciously made available by the 2024 UAUS International Conference.
Go directly to our next course: The Spirit in Man.
