Yet both schools of thought could be right.
In the theory of evolution we have a paradox: The evolutionists say man evolved from the animal; theology says he is the offspring of God. The readings say both, in a sense, are right: the soul of man is indeed the child of God, and the physical body was patterned after, and in one branch, evolved from the animal kingdom. The earth, too, was both created and has evolved. But the “missing link” has not been found because there is no missing link.
Man is believed to be from three to ten million years old, and the dates are far from certain. The oldest evidence, a jawbone and tooth found in Kenya, dates to only five million years, and this recent find is three times the age previously believed by most scholars. Gradually, the veil of mystery is being pushed back.
In a sense even the skeptic is right; man actually knows little for certain about the nature of creation; but what he has reason to believe probable is all-important as a guide for his ideals, his patterns for growth. One can only consider, select and accept that which has the ring of truth for one’s self. The concepts in the Cayce records appear to be as solidly founded on reason and plausibility as any yet imagined by man. And they not only tell how, they tell why.
What follows then, is the story of creation that emerges from the readings. It contains no outside sources and little speculation; in one or two instances, certain assumptions and interpretations, which the material seems to support, appear advisable for the sake of continuity and completeness.
From the Cayce Records
In the beginning was the Spirit: a vast sea of mind force, of discerning energy, occupying all space, all time. Omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, this was the source of all: the First Cause, the Universal Force. This was the Whole, the essence of life, the I AM THAT I AM. This was the eternal God
The mind of God embraces the total life energy, for all in its elemental form is One. All time, all space, all power and matter essentially are one and are based on the force of attraction and repulsion, the positive and negative law around which the universe revolves. The movement, the vibration of this atomic structure, is the manifestation of the Creator. During its nebulous activity, the gathering of positive-negative forces becomes the creative power. Atoms, molecules, cells, and matter change; but the essence, the spirit, does not change. Only the form of manifestation changes—not its relationship to the First Cause.
The second cause was desire: desire for self-expression, desire to create, desire for companionship. The Spirit moved, and by moving Itself out of Itself created a separate vibration: a separate manifestation. Thus, into this sea of peaceful and harmonious vibration came one Amilius, the Light: the first expression of divine mind, the first manifestation of the spirit, the first Son who emanated in spirit from the Source as a beautiful thought is created or as an idea is born. This was the first creation.
Amilius by necessity was endowed with free will and reason, otherwise he would remain of the Whole, at the will of the Whole. Although a part of the Source and aware of his identity with the Source, he was a separate entity and conscious of his own individuality while still one with the Creator in spirit and purpose.
It was Amilius who fostered the coming of other soul entities into this electro-spiritual world—for all souls were created in the beginning; none was created later. With their free will and reason, they existed as children in a state of perfection, in full accord with the divine will of their Source. These numberless, sexless manifestations of the spirit were the perfect offspring of a benevolent Father and enjoyed a truly spiritual life in a truly spiritual world. Wholly attuned to the Supreme Will as was Amilius, they were the companions of the Father as they were intended to be: a part of the Whole yet aware of being separate and independent entities.
Since they possessed free will, each entity’s first thought, first reaction, and first expression were slightly different from those of all others. Thus each individual idea and each realization or motive became a part of the entity. Thought upon thought, experience after experience, each of these unembodied spirits built its own peculiar individuality and character. The activity of the spiritual entity thus became its soul-record. That which it thought it gradually became.
Every thought and every deed registered not only on the entity’s soul but on the skein of time and space, or the Akashic Records. This is the “Recording Angel” or the “Book of Life.” Nothing escapes it. Every vibration from the beginning is permanently recorded on the stream of time and space.
But not for long did the will of the souls remain the will of their Source. They began to experiment, fascinated with the power of their own creative individuality. Desire and self-aggrandizement gave birth to the destructive—that which was opposed to goodness, the opposite of God’s will. By magnifying their own will and independence, the selfishness of the ego came into being. It was this turning away from God’s will that brought about the downfall, the separation, the end of the state of perfection. This was the Revolt of the Angels, or the Fall of Man.
When souls turned from God’s will to their own, they separated themselves from their spiritual home, their natural home, for a long time to come. The link was severed by their own choice, and only by their own choice could it be reforged. Soon there was no turning back; the perfect state that was their birthright was already too difficult to attain. A self-created evolution was under way. They fell away further and further from the Divine Will, until there was no hope for a retreat—a return to their natural abode.
Amilius realized what was happening. A plan was conceived whereby a means of escape was devised from the predicament into which the lost souls had fallen. By intervening he accepted voluntarily the burden of the world to come—a task almost overwhelming in its magnitude. This was the first of many sacrifices.
In accordance with the plan, materiality came into being; for matter was essential in order to demonstrate physically the separation from spirit, so that the souls might become aware of their fall, although the earth was not created solely for man. The solar systems, the planets, and the earth took form, created by the same thought vibrations and the same life-essence emanating from the mind of God. The poles—the positive and negative around which the world revolves—were the keystones. The atom, made up of negative electrons revolving with positive protons, was the building block. Every atom, every cell is a world in itself and motivated by the same life-giving spirit: not the Creator but the manifestation of the Creator.
The Cosmos was built by and upon the principles that became known as music, arithmetic, and geometry; harmony, system, and balance. By changing the rate of vibration—the wave-length and the frequency, so to speak—varying movements, patterns, forms, and substances came into being. This was the beginning of the law of diversity that supplies endless designs for the universal pattern. Upon this law are based the great divisions in force and matter.
Each design carried inherently within itself its own plan of growth and evolution, which corresponds to the sound of a musical note. Notes unite to make chords; chords become phrases; phrases turn into melodies; melodies intermingle around and between each other to make a symphony. Back and forth the mind of God played upon the universe, unlimited within the scope of imagination of an all-creative Spirit.
All matter moved and changed, assuming its design according to its own vibration and maintaining its activity by the law of attraction and repulsion, the positive and the negative. Everything that came into being was an aspect of mind—the Spirit of the Creator.
All matter contains spirit and is electrical in function, manifesting in different forms because of varying rates of vibration or speed. Every condition that exists in the material plane has its counterpart and its pattern in the cosmic or spiritual plane. All force is one force.
