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by Mateo Sol
January 15,
2018
from
LonerWolf Website
Spanish version
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What drives one
person to pursue material ambitions and momentary pleasures
for their entire lives, and another to search for something
deeper and more meaningful?
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What allows two
people to witness the same poignant scene of earthly
suffering, but only one of them experience a deep enough
'awakening' to completely change their lives?
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What makes some
people more mature, receptive and compassionate than others?
The answer is a greater
sensitivity to one's inner wisdom, or a deeper receptivity to one's
own soul.
As LonerWolf has been a contributor to an increasing
awareness of soul ages and old souls throughout the world, I would
like to dedicate this article to sharing with you my experience and
understanding of the origins and refinement of this energy we call
our "Soul".
Science of the
Soul
We have a beautiful way of referring to all living energy in my
Incan culture - we call it "Kawsay Pacha".
Interestingly, the more I
learned about other ancient
shamanic cultures, the more I realized how similar our
understandings are.
As an example,
the Yaminawá (an Amazonian shamanic
tribe) refer to the animated essence, or spirit of life, as "Yoshi",
while the Hawaiian
Kahunas call this energy "Mana".
Science is finally agreeing that
the
world is a living, vibrating being, and consequently that
everything within it is interconnected.
Vibrations repeat
themselves in wave-like patterns using physical systems in the
atomic and subatomic realms which compose the entire universe, and
quantum physics is making huge strides in understanding these as
"probability waves".
Quantum Physics and Mechanics both
show us that the physical universe is a sea of energy, and that all
physical matter, at its fundamental level, is nothing more than a
collection of electrical charges interacting with a background
matrix of electromagnetic and other electric charges.
We now know that the
electron is no longer thought of as a particle, spinning around the
nucleus of the atom, but is conceptualized as being 'virtual' (i.e.
the particle doesn't exist as separate from the wave outside of our
space-time perception of it), and is spread throughout space as a
quantum wave.
The implications of these discoveries are boundless.
Since Newton, we've held a material worldview that matter
came first, but now we may have to abandon that notion in favor of
the mind, or consciousness, theory.
This widely accepted theory of consciousness is known as the
'productive theory', in other words, that the brain creates our
ability to be consciously aware.
However, now we may have
to accept a more ancient view from many cultures who perceived the
living energy, spirit or consciousness as the primary force of life
- and that is exactly what is happening.
Scientifically this ancient view is known as the 'transmissive
theory', and it suggests that,
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consciousness is
inherent within the cosmos and is therefore transpersonal
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or independent of
our brain and senses, but is moderated by them, proposing
that
the brain acts as a lens
through which consciousness is filtered, adapted, focused
and experienced
The Journey
from Spirit to Soul
Many of our soul-work students ask me what is the difference between
Spirit and Soul.
This is a very important
question...!
As we have explored above, there is an underlying power, energy,
essence or consciousness that births, energizes and sustains all of
creation and the universe in its many manifested forms and
appearances, and it is to this underlying power everything returns.
This basic energetic undercurrent of existence is shared by all of
life, with various manifested life forms emerging from it, and
vibrating on different levels. It is this basic energetic
undercurrent that is called 'Spirit'.
Spirit can appear in many different shapes and forms within a
universe that is harmonious, as it works in an inter-relational
flow.
This means it can create
and recreate itself without the limits that exist within time and
space - in other words, it is ever growing. This means that in our
very nature, we are all 'Spirit' because we all are composed of this
innate living energy, or 'Kawsay Pacha', that is manifesting itself.
Spirit consists of frequency manifested in that which moves and
vibrates, for example:
plants, animals,
stars, water, stones, earth,
…and everything else that
we can perceive, as everything is composed of a frequency of energy
vibration.
As we have seen above,
even consciousness is within this realm of Spirit.
This consciousness is
perceived in all spiritual traditions as completely whole,
undivided, and the source of all creation. This wholeness, this
state without division, this Oneness is part of all aspects of
creation.
At some point during our physical manifestations as Spirits we
slowly started to become aware of ourselves, and a spark of 'Soul'
was ignited within our physical bodies, giving birth to our
spiritual journey towards 'Becoming', or, the Soul's thirst to
reunite with Spirit.
It it during this period
when we start developing a Soul, that we are capable of
consciously experiencing the universal Spirit that so many
enlightened masters have talked about.
Our Souls, in turn, are purified and refined each time they
return to existence, and
through lifetimes of conscious development grow older and wiser.
This, to me, is the essence of Soul Ages.
In the end, our Souls play a big role in our lives.
It is our Soul that
provides us with a kind of inner voice, a moral compass of
compassion and direction that guides our lives. It is our level of
Soul sensitivity, or intuitive feeling, which remind us that there
are deeper things in life and more that we can see, experience and
become.
And it is our Soul that
suffers when we don't nourish it with meaning, purpose or spiritual
significance.
The Power of
Soulful Energy
Soulful Energy is basically,
our capacity to
direct or focus the available Soul Age energy we carry within us
with enough force or strength.
Our degree of Soulful
Energy is determined by three fundamental:
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the amount and
age of the energy we've been reborn with
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the manner in
which the energy has been utilized since our birth
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the way in which
it is being used at the present time
Everything that living
beings do, and everything that happens to them, is determined by
their Soulful Energy.
An example of this can be
when talking of spiritually significant topics with different types
of people. A Younger Soul, for instance, will not have much interest
in such a topic of conversation, while
an Older Soul will be.
Another example of Soulful Energy is, for example, during our
daily lives we are highly motivated to go and exercise one day, but
then the next day we don't have the slightest desire to do so.
It is almost as though we
are two entirely different people...!
We usually attribute this
behavior to poor willpower, and essentially that is correct when
with our new understanding of the world of energy, we define
'willpower' as an accumulation of available energy.
Willpower and discipline are normally thought of as characteristics
of personality that one either possesses or not, but we rarely stop
to wonder where that driving force of energy that determines our
good or bad heath, good or bad luck, available affection and love
and so on comes from.
Systems like the "Law of
Attraction" make use of this notion of Soulful Energy as well
as ancient mystical teachings such as
Qigong that teach you how to align
your Spirit, or what they call 'Qi', the "life energy force".
I'm often asked if it is possible to make the jump from Mature
Soul to Old Soul in one lifetime - my answer is yes,
it is...
It is not only the age of
the energy we were born with that determines our Soulful Energy, but
the way we refine and purify it through daily use, as well as our
abilities to accumulate more energy.
Our soulwork work is centered around that:
our ability to
accumulate more Soulful Energy, our ability to control and
master this energy, and our ability to use this energy in a wise
way.
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