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took no oil with them. But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps."
The lamp symbolizes man's consciousness. The oil is what brings Light or understanding.
"While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made. Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us your oil; for our lamps are gone out."
The foolish virgins were without wisdom or understanding, which is oil for the consciousness, and when
they were confronted with a serious situation, they had no way of handling it.
And when they said to the wise "give us of your oil," the wise answered saying, "Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves."
That means that the foolish virgins could not receive more than was in their consciousness, or what they were vibrating to.
The man received the trip because it was in his consciousness, as a reality. He believed that he had already received. As he prepared for the trip he was taking oil for his lamps. With realization comes manifestation.
The law of preparation works both ways. If you prepare for what you fear or don't want, you begin to attract it. David said, "The thing I feared has come upon me." We hear people say, "I must put away money in case of illness." They are deliberately preparing to be ill. Or, "I'm saving for a
