reply to post by Unity_99
Greetings Unity,
Are you then trying to redefine the meaning of an intrinsic piece of human spirituality?
I understand completely that you have a concept recording events/experiences in your life. I gather that you believe this "recording device" is your
soul, however you cannot reasonably state that it is the
only soul without actually proving that all other souls are not really souls.
You states that the soul is "not depicted in traditions Eastern or Satanic", which is grossly inaccurate.
The soul is present in almost all traditions: Egyptian polytheism, Judaism, Hinduism, Hinayana Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Zen Buddhism,
Christianity, Islam, Voudun, Norse Paganism, Wicca, Neo-paganism, Asatru, Celtic Polytheism, Satanism, Noguardianism, Scientology, the Occult, Greek
Mystery Schools, Mycenaean Paganism, Minoan Polytheism, Greek Philosophy, Christian Philosophy, and numerous other traditions.
The origins of our
soul swing back into time immemorial. Shamans, cave-dwelling proto-man himself believed in a spiritual "continuity" that
emerged from our deceased forms to be reborn again as animal, man, or element. The soul is a deeply human element, coming from deeply human depths of
our psyche, conscious, subconscious, and Higher Self.
You commit a great offense telling 3/4 of mankind that their soul is not really a soul.
Out of curiosity, how have people responded when you've told them this? Like, if you went up to a Christian and told them that their immortal soul
was not a soul at all, that their Jesus and Yahweh had lied.
Or, have you ever approached a Neo-pagan and tried to tell them that they didn't really know what the soul was? That all of the books, lessons, and
experiences
they had felt concerning their soul were false?
I am curious as to how you consider
soul to be a "state of being", as you say. I consider states of being to be things like: sickly, healthy,
lethargic, wounded and the like.
Possibly you mean the soul is a state of mind? Like being depressed, excited, awed, or cynical? If so, what exactly does being "soul" feel like when
it happens?
Concerning memory... I've covered before the reliability level of memories (remember: they're faulty because they exist based on similar events from
things you've seen or heard). So I don't really consider "remembering things" to be the soul. I call that what it is: memory.
I remember things too. Plenty of things from my entire life. I also remember things very vividly that did not happen. I have, however, learned to
differentiate between what is a real memory, of a real time, embellished by similar memories; and what is an outright lie invented by similar events.
Let me give you a little test. These are two actual memories I have, are they real?
• I am standing on a beach, there is white sand surrounding me for miles. A brilliant orange sun hangs just on the horizon, setting lower and lower
as I watch. It's finger-rays extend across the sky, cutting holes through the clouds.
My brother jogs down the shoreline as darkness begins to set in. A small mollusk shell rests in my hand as I feel a soft breeze rustle my hair.
• I am young, possibly 4 or 5 years old. I have just finished hanging upside down from a tree, the back of my knees acting like a pivot point on
which my mass is suspended. I pick up and toss an apple from the apple tree, it bounds across the grassy backyard and dives into the old field beside
my backyard.
I turn and look at the rusty swing-set sitting in the yard. I climb aboard and start pumping my legs in and out and in and out as I gain speed. As I
reach the peak (since everyone knows you can't actually flip over on a swing) I release and jump from the swing. For a moment time suspends and I
hang in midair. Then I begin to slowly rise, higher and higher, before arcing and plummeting down to the hard ground.
Both of those are actual memories that I have from my life. Are they both real? Are they both fake? How can I know?
The soul cannot be made of memories, 'cause if it were then the soul would be unreliable, faulty, and prone to misinformation.
Everything for me is from personal experiences, that I've had all my life and my memories. And metaphysics, soul, spiritual, is more important
than anything else to me, everything else is insignificant really
If you only trust your memory to see you through life, and your spiritual significance then I am afraid you will be sorely lacking when you pass from
this mortal coil and are enveloped in the Universal mechanism.
Memory, emotion, thoughts. These things only extend so far along the planes. After climbing or descending a certain degree even memory, emotion, and
thought fade away. We become as the solitude of space, and space has no memory, no emotion, and no thoughts.
As I said before, this is the best explanation of the soul that I know:
...I am
Because I was
I will be again
Because...
~ Wandering Scibe