What is your house made of and who made it?

What is your house made of and who made it?

You ask what is my house made of? To a mind surrounded by the material, this is very hard to make plain. For ages on the earth plane there have been mansions built and houses of less pretentious appearance but after doing good service there, they rot and crumble away. This is because the subtle essence, which held the material together has departed and, as matter is ever existent, the finest part, instead of settling into the earth, must rise.

Therefore, that essence as well as that which comes from buildings destroyed by fire is fashioned by the All Creative Power into our homes. And thus our homes are made which cannot fail in their variety to please the most critical taste. No spirit in a material sense builds his home; still as the spirit expands and his love for the beautiful is increased, the home he lives in will assume more beauty and be capable of changes until the spirit passes to a higher sphere.

Experiences of Samuel Bowles