Dec 24, 2012

Dr. Soul and the drama of lives

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Is a child in 5th grade superior to a child in KG? Can a child in KG understand math and other subjects like a child in 5th grade? The answer to both these questions is 'no'. The various incarnations that a soul undergoes can be compared to different grades of school. As we progress in our spiritual development over lifetimes, we become more advanced and experienced. But just as a kid in 5th grade is not superior to one in KG, an advanced soul is not superior to a soul that is still in the beginning stages of spiritual evolution. It is simply more experienced and advanced.


Every soul is on a cosmic journey towards unification with God. This unification can be compared to getting a Ph.D. It is the culmination of many lifetimes of spiritual growth through experiences gained while encased in human and other kinds of bodies (according to Bringing Your Soul To Light by Dr. Linda Backman, human beings have lived lives on other planets as well as Earth and also in other dimensions). Each incarnation is like a year of school. Sometimes the lessons we learn in life can seem harsh, but it is through these lessons that we learn and grow.


Lifetimes on earth can also be compared to movies.

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Just like an actor can play different roles in movies but yet remain the same actor, same way our immortal soul, which is our true identity plays different characters in each lifetime. In some lifetimes you could be a king or queen, in others you could be a beggar and in others you could be a monk


But these are not our true selves; these are the roles we play in different lives.


Our true self is the soul and it is this soul that chooses which movies it acts in. In other words, our soul actually chooses in the ‘between lives’ state the circumstances that it will be born in, the experiences it will have in order to progress. In the ‘between lives’ state, our souls know that human life is just an experience that is like a stage and a classroom at the same time. They understand that both the pleasure and pain that we feel on Earth are just an experience and do not take these so seriously.


After the soul has advanced enough, it no longer needs to come back into physical incarnation and continues its journey through various astral worlds. This can be compared to graduating from college and becoming a ‘graduate’.


After the soul has completed its journeys to the Earth, it continues to develop on higher astral and spiritual realms. Paramahansa Yogananda in his acclaimed book Autobiography Of A Yogi, talks ofHiranyaloka, an astral planet from where nobody needs to ever come back to earth. This is supposedly the most advanced astral world and is reserved for highly advanced souls. But according to Yogananda, even Hiranyaloka is not the highest place to go.


There are even higher spiritual (or causal) worlds where the soul goes before its final merger with God. This could be considered as spiritual ‘post-graduation’. Beings on this plane are so advanced that only a very thin veil separates them from God. These beings don't need to incarnate on either the physical or the astral planes.


And then comes the day that we actually merge with God! This could be considered as the spiritual equivalent of a Ph.D! This is the destiny of each and every student soul that is on this journey – to someday graduate into Dr. Soul. 


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