Growing Our Soul - A Balancing Act
At age seven I became aware of the concept of Reincarnation and from that first explanation, that our soul self has lived before in prior lives and will live again, I knew that this was truth. Ruth Montgomery explains in Here and Hereafter: we shed our current body and material possessions at death, leaving these like worn clothes in the hamper after a long day of work. And, just as we mature in life through various stages of infant, child, teenager, young adult, mature adult and wise elder – so do our souls develop and grow through similar stages.
As I look back on my life, I see the growth of my soul; my emotional, spiritual, as well as physical bodies being polished, tested and stretched. I now recognize that as a child I came into the world as highly spiritual, but as I became more involved in the world, this recognition of Spirit was not supported, and I quickly forgot my fascination with higher realms.
So for a time I ignored the spiritual life and became involved with worldly concerns. This was during High School, which was a difficult time, not really fitting in, then college came along with fantastic friendships, learning and yet more emotional turmoil with various love entanglements and explorations. Soul growth encompassed leaning about relationships and being a good person on the planet – being a helpmate to others as I in turn developed my abilities and knowledge. In my mid twenties I met my wonderful husband and life settled down into a stable loving and supportive environment.
Around age thirty I reopened to my spirituality and rejoiced at not only a contented family life but also a fulfilling spiritual life. My soul growth was concerned with living my love and bringing light to my family and friends where ever I could. Then in my forties I was tested by having to let go of the people I loved the most on this plane, my mother, mother and father-in-law, and my beloved husband – all who were called back to their true spiritual home. And while I rejoice for them - I am also learning to live with the enormous hole this has left in my life, and of the challenge of remaking a meaningful life again - without them.
Every life has different challenges which promote soul growth, and growing one’s soul is sometimes stressful, painful as well as joyful. I now understand that the losses I experienced were not necessarily negative, only enormously impactful. I feel as if life has a richer and more colorful texture than before. It has a new depth and perspective from my glimpse of the mystery in life. I have greater faith and more knowledge about higher dimensions. Strangely enough I feel that in this life I have lived at least four distinctly different lifetimes. Can it be that as my soul grows in this one lifetime, I live and clear many lifetimes? As I move now into my fifth decade I wonder what explorations my soul will take and how Spirit will enrich my life.
But as we grow in each lifetime we also, with every incarnation, take on new tasks to develop ourselves, new areas to grow in and (hopefully) by moving forward, take on more light in our lightbodies and progress one more step to the ultimate reunion with God. While we are here on earth we work with souls of all levels and experiences. Of course each soul is a divine perfect being of God, but there are many different levels of attainment. New souls are souls who have not yet experienced many lifetimes on Earth, and are those souls who are working primarily from the lower chakras. It takes many lifetimes before the soul learns to hold the God light in consciousness and to open to the higher energies, to live from the heart chakra with balanced stable chakras and to have the flame of the Christ (or Holy Spirit) ignited and joined with the mind as One.
And yet one can’t tell with any certainty that one’s brother isn’t just projecting in an incarnation as a “lower” being in order to test you (and the rest of mankind) and motivate them and ourselves to respond as the Christ in all situations. This is one of our tasks while on our Earth journey: to open ourselves, becoming closer to God while in this dense sphere of Earth energy. As we encounter one another, we should focus on our own development, and not be in judgment of other souls around us; but be of help and encourage others, assist in their growth – being mindful that each one of us is ultimately responsible for our own growth, development and path. What a balancing act!
There are always those in front of us and behind us in development.
Yet no matter the level of soul development, or the stage of one’s life,
we are One as creations of the Universal Source.
Let us join together and support one another in our endeavors and life lessons,
bringing light and love to ourselves and to all who walk with us.
As I look back on my life, I see the growth of my soul; my emotional, spiritual, as well as physical bodies being polished, tested and stretched. I now recognize that as a child I came into the world as highly spiritual, but as I became more involved in the world, this recognition of Spirit was not supported, and I quickly forgot my fascination with higher realms.
So for a time I ignored the spiritual life and became involved with worldly concerns. This was during High School, which was a difficult time, not really fitting in, then college came along with fantastic friendships, learning and yet more emotional turmoil with various love entanglements and explorations. Soul growth encompassed leaning about relationships and being a good person on the planet – being a helpmate to others as I in turn developed my abilities and knowledge. In my mid twenties I met my wonderful husband and life settled down into a stable loving and supportive environment.
Around age thirty I reopened to my spirituality and rejoiced at not only a contented family life but also a fulfilling spiritual life. My soul growth was concerned with living my love and bringing light to my family and friends where ever I could. Then in my forties I was tested by having to let go of the people I loved the most on this plane, my mother, mother and father-in-law, and my beloved husband – all who were called back to their true spiritual home. And while I rejoice for them - I am also learning to live with the enormous hole this has left in my life, and of the challenge of remaking a meaningful life again - without them.
Every life has different challenges which promote soul growth, and growing one’s soul is sometimes stressful, painful as well as joyful. I now understand that the losses I experienced were not necessarily negative, only enormously impactful. I feel as if life has a richer and more colorful texture than before. It has a new depth and perspective from my glimpse of the mystery in life. I have greater faith and more knowledge about higher dimensions. Strangely enough I feel that in this life I have lived at least four distinctly different lifetimes. Can it be that as my soul grows in this one lifetime, I live and clear many lifetimes? As I move now into my fifth decade I wonder what explorations my soul will take and how Spirit will enrich my life.
But as we grow in each lifetime we also, with every incarnation, take on new tasks to develop ourselves, new areas to grow in and (hopefully) by moving forward, take on more light in our lightbodies and progress one more step to the ultimate reunion with God. While we are here on earth we work with souls of all levels and experiences. Of course each soul is a divine perfect being of God, but there are many different levels of attainment. New souls are souls who have not yet experienced many lifetimes on Earth, and are those souls who are working primarily from the lower chakras. It takes many lifetimes before the soul learns to hold the God light in consciousness and to open to the higher energies, to live from the heart chakra with balanced stable chakras and to have the flame of the Christ (or Holy Spirit) ignited and joined with the mind as One.
And yet one can’t tell with any certainty that one’s brother isn’t just projecting in an incarnation as a “lower” being in order to test you (and the rest of mankind) and motivate them and ourselves to respond as the Christ in all situations. This is one of our tasks while on our Earth journey: to open ourselves, becoming closer to God while in this dense sphere of Earth energy. As we encounter one another, we should focus on our own development, and not be in judgment of other souls around us; but be of help and encourage others, assist in their growth – being mindful that each one of us is ultimately responsible for our own growth, development and path. What a balancing act!
There are always those in front of us and behind us in development.
Yet no matter the level of soul development, or the stage of one’s life,
we are One as creations of the Universal Source.
Let us join together and support one another in our endeavors and life lessons,
bringing light and love to ourselves and to all who walk with us.