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Originally posted by alyosha1981
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
reply to post by alyosha1981
Typically you are an old soul if you don't wonder about things such as old souls.
Would that come from the knowledge gained in previous lives? or would that just be another "given"? This is where I get confused
Originally posted by apacheman
reply to post by liquidself
Hmmm...we see evidence of the soul every time anyone undergoes an EEG or EKG or any other physical exam that measures electrical activity within the body. The soul is the sum total of all that electrical activity: very, very complex set of unique patterns for each of us.
Probably the best way to prove the existence of the soul would be to weigh bodies at the moment of death and for some time after, looking for some slight difference in weight that couldn't otherwise be accounted for. Such bodies would have to be within hermetically sealed containers to account for everything leaving the body. Personally I would expect the difference to be miniscule and variable but consistent within a range. It doesn't take much mass to hold a huge amount of energy.
Originally posted by Pappie54
There are exceptions.
Originally posted by letthereaderunderstand
reply to post by alyosha1981
I believe new souls are the result of ending a family line, meaning the soul (the recorded lives) that is carried in the blood is ended by the last in line. Take me for instance. I am the last male in my family line. After me there are no more. If I don't have children, I and all those housed in me, that is, the recollection of souls that I remember being my parents, my grand parents, and my great grand parents, who in turn link the chain in the same way for their parents and so on ends if I do not reproduce. All of the talents, all of the traits, all of the bad things, all of it that has been stored generationaly ends with me. This makes me the first and the last. The first to remember, thus resurrecting the dead in my memory to life in me, but in remembering, I become the last, unless I am blessed with a child "the savior" of my line. As of now, if I die, I have no home to reside in (the memory of me in my children), but those of friends and extended family in which case, I am diminished until forgotten, and once forgotten that life force is free to live again in a brand new form thus being a new soul.
reply to post by nrky
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I wish to put forth the following theory; that old souls (when seen from this timeline) were, and always will be, in human society, even from the birth of 'the first humans', and that they are able to, for example, inhabit bodies that are to give birth to their own spiritual ancestors.
For this to make sense, we need to assume that souls are capable of travelling back in time to inhabit a body.
It is my opinion (not that of anybody else's) that we have actually seen the end of the creation of new souls, as far as an eternal timeline is concerned.
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Originally posted by alyosha1981
I have 2 questions, the first being the thread title of course and the second being, If one is an "old soul" then how many times do we "come back"? I hope this holds true as it would be comforting to hold onto the thought of returning in one form or another someday. As always thanks in advance for kind and thoughtfull insight it is appreciated.
Originally posted by Wehali
Old souls - when the bad deeds have been mostly made up, the soul starts
to take responsibility for all of its actions, words and thoughts, and will want
to learn how to control their own life, and at one point will take the test in
which they prove they can control their life, which marks the end of their
incarnations and the ability to ascend.
[edit on (11/1/09) by Wehali]
Originally posted by Tayesin
Question 1: There are no old or new souls. All souls came into being at the earliest dissemination of the universe/god/creative awareness. The only way a soul could be considered New, is if it is newly arrived to this experience world we call earth. Therefore, an 'old soul' is one that is already experiencing here.
Most people using the terms old and new soul do so to instill a feeling of spiritual superiority in themselves, so the usage is driven by unbalanced Ego.
Originally posted by alyosha1981
I will start off by saying that I have no expierience in this subject, my grandmother had told me months before her death, that I was an "old soul" Puzzled I asked her what that ment and she simply replied "well, you have been here before". Now, I have never been big into spirtuality or the like but am currently starting to wonder what this is all about.
I have 2 questions, the first being the thread title of course and the second being, If one is an "old soul" then how many times do we "come back"? I hope this holds true as it would be comforting to hold onto the thought of returning in one form or another someday. As always thanks in advance for kind and thoughtfull insight it is appreciated.
I realize that religion will play a key role in determining the vallidity of the soul, so for the sake of discussion I will disclose that I do not strictly follow any religion although I was baptised catholic. Again thank you in advance for any thoughtfull insight into this.
[edit on 11-1-2009 by alyosha1981]