How old are you?
How old are you? - By Joseph Ghabi
Some of us might hear from time to time that we are "Old Souls".
I remember when I was told this for the first time. It sounded
great, even without understanding the deep essence and meaning
of it. That expression did not feel strange to me for one
reason, I always felt old, even as a young child since the age
of 7. I am probably touching upon many different people who
share that same feeling from young age too!
What is an "Old Soul" in the first place? And how really we can
pinpoint them from the crowd? An "Old Soul" is still a human
being. Don't get me wrong here!! The way I see it and from what
I was told from my guides: "An Old Soul is a wiser,
knowledgeable being that has already bypassed all the hurdles
from lifetime to lifetime, in the essence of attaining their own
growth. Old Souls bring with them and share their evolution on
this plane, and other planes, for many centuries by bringing the
knowledge, wisdom and compassion that brings peace and
tranquility into their soul. In the same time they help other
Souls to enhance and prosper for a better understanding of life.
The way I can pinpoint an "Old Soul" in a way other than what my
guides mentioned is from their eyes. You will see the depth and
richness through them, regardless if they have had a hard time
getting through experiences in this lifetime. Also in certain
cases I can pinpoint them when I am working on a chart for
someone by Numerology. An "Old Soul" can be in your child as
well in any other person you encounter. Physical age has no
significance here. Another way, you can see them is in the way
they value life as a whole and only not their own life,
regardless of their situation.
The way I see it, as I have been told many times in different
parts of the world during my travels as being an "Old Soul", is
an "Old Soul" is special in many ways but not from an ego stand.
They are as 'human' as everyone else, but they have deeper
understanding of life and a wider vision. Even with all of that,
it does not mean an "Old Soul" does not have to go through human
experiences again, because they do. It can even be harder and
might take them a lot longer to see their situation. The only
reason is because they see things from a very high perspective
of life, disregarding the more 'trivial' things and will likely
value them as being of less importance. I have had that problem
for such a long time and I have a heavy task to bring myself
down to really face life value things for their real smaller
value. What makes it even harder is my Karma in this lifetime
'4'which is the physical 'earthly' part of life?
I remember how I was as a child and how I was never attached to
things. As a grown up, I believe that still stands to be the
same. Somehow, and I might be wrong here, from what I can see in
people and how they evaluate their "stuff" and worship those
items as being the face value of their life. People will measure
themselves and others for what they have as material belongings,
rather than the true essence of who they are inside.
That is one the main reason we can see and which proves that
more and more people are not really happy internally. Well it
seems that even with all of those objects we value, it is still
not sufficient to bring to us all the happiness that we need in
this lifetime. The focus and importance seems to be placed on
what you have. But is that more important than caring for
another human soul? I wonder sometimes!
Let me define "Stuff" in my own understanding. Well "Stuff" is
material objects that we keep buying in order to fulfill a gap
or something missing in our life. We insist upon wandering from
one shopping centre into another, in order to fill up that gap
and we are not doing a great job of that after all. We go home
and put our objects on display somewhere and look at them for a
little while. A few visitors come and take a look at it and like
it. A few weeks later it becomes yet another addition to your
"stuff".
Great! Then we go off shopping again, looking for something to
fill that missing part in our self again. What fun it is the
cycle of life! I guess there is a major difference between what
we want to have and what's really needed in our life. Our buying
habit is only a reflection of what we do not want to face in our
life that is a problem. I have done this before in my life and I
bet many of you are already still doing it.
Let me define a Human Soul? A human soul is a human being that
can feel, breath, sense, hear, and see as everyone else
regardless of their color or religion, but have a soul that can
bring all the knowledge, wisdom, compassion and understanding
for a universal consciousness. Regardless if they are aware of
their consciousness they are still there. There is a difference
between our soul and our spirit. A human spirit is the
character, or the characteristics of the essence of the soul
manifested in a human body.
So why do we tend to place so much value upon the wrong things
in life and keep coming back lifetime after another in order to
correct the mistakes of the previous one, and for what, some
"stuff"? Or maybe we are too stubborn to face our reality and
look deeper into problems. This seems to be a common problem for
us humans, to let go of our pride. I believe we have set wrong
values on these aspects of life and eventually, for what we
think we value, you might find we do actually take these things
for granted and do not sincerely value and appreciate having
them.
I used to work part-time at Radio Shack and Christmas time was
my favorite time! Why? I would always see people looking really
exhausted in running from one store into another one, to still
see if they still carry that toy or game. You can see the
madness and, at the same time, the frustration in their eyes.
Christmas day then arrives and everyone opens their gifts some
like it and some don't, so off they go again, running to the
stores on Boxing Day to exchange those gifts. Why don't we give
a gift certificate and have relaxed holidays? Isn't that
simpler? In some instances you might say, it is the thought of
the gift that counts, but our new generation are so hard to
please! Isn't it easier to allow them to buy their own gift and
have some of your own peace of mind with that? In any religion,
what is a holiday for? I don't believe it is for giving and
receiving gifts only. The importance of any holidays is the
quality time that people share being gathered together and
celebrating their holidays together in harmony and peace.
What am I getting at? It is very simple. What we do and what we
want in our life are not the same things and when we don't
fulfill what we really want, we end up doing all the
un-important things in life as an attempt to fulfill that gap.
Think about it!!!
How we change that? It is very simple but requires you yourself
to be ready to change or to risk a change in your life in order
for you to be happy and for you to fulfill your gap. I will go
deeper into making changes in later articles and I hope you give
an hour out of your busy time to yourself each day, an hour to
your partner, and an hour a day to your children or an older
person around you without having any complaints about yourself
or your life. Value the people around you and treat them as
human beings. Just learn to accept some peace and be content
with what you already have.
I will leave you in peace, happiness and healthy time...
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