Each of us are connected to the past. The degree of that connection differs for each. How strong do you feel that pull ? It would seem the older I get, the stronger the pull becomes. I wonder if this is the case for everyone. Is that why we become nostalgic ? A type of reverse gravity. The further we get from the past, the stronger the pull. Although the past is only yesterday. A paradox of time.
Those that subscribe to the theory of reincarnation certainly must feel that pull. At least they proclaim an awareness of the past. Of course if their past wasn't what was expected of them ,in their belief, to move forward toward enlightenment they would then be pushing against it. The past that is. Isn't that their theory ? To move forward in time, to gain that enlightened status so as not to live here on this earth again. I'm not sure about that. I'll have to do some reading about it. At any rate it really doesn't effect me as I don't have that belief system. I do think our souls are immortal. After our passing our souls are distributed among those who loved us here on this earth. That is the eternal life we all seek. There are no bad souls, only bad people. That is a result of the whole free will thing.
I have wandered off track in my thoughts. This often happens to me and can prove to be a distraction. I was speaking of our connections to the past. We are connected there by heritage and to some degree, location. Separation from either can leave that empty feeling. That feeling that something is just missing. Old pictures and memories can serve as a bridge but not a true connection. Old pictures and memories fade with time. The connection itself only grows brighter, becoming clearer with the passage of time. Is this the light we hear tell of ? The light we move toward in death ? The light that completes the circle ?
Life is indeed a circle. We move toward the past ,not the future. For in the end all that is old is new again. That's why we say history repeats itself. It surely does. The names change,the causes change and technology changes. Man and his motivations do not. Our connection to the past is real and vital. We should not strive to live in the past but certainly we should should work towards the past. For in the distant past man was free, Then we tried to make it better. Silly man.
Those that subscribe to the theory of reincarnation certainly must feel that pull. At least they proclaim an awareness of the past. Of course if their past wasn't what was expected of them ,in their belief, to move forward toward enlightenment they would then be pushing against it. The past that is. Isn't that their theory ? To move forward in time, to gain that enlightened status so as not to live here on this earth again. I'm not sure about that. I'll have to do some reading about it. At any rate it really doesn't effect me as I don't have that belief system. I do think our souls are immortal. After our passing our souls are distributed among those who loved us here on this earth. That is the eternal life we all seek. There are no bad souls, only bad people. That is a result of the whole free will thing.
I have wandered off track in my thoughts. This often happens to me and can prove to be a distraction. I was speaking of our connections to the past. We are connected there by heritage and to some degree, location. Separation from either can leave that empty feeling. That feeling that something is just missing. Old pictures and memories can serve as a bridge but not a true connection. Old pictures and memories fade with time. The connection itself only grows brighter, becoming clearer with the passage of time. Is this the light we hear tell of ? The light we move toward in death ? The light that completes the circle ?
Life is indeed a circle. We move toward the past ,not the future. For in the end all that is old is new again. That's why we say history repeats itself. It surely does. The names change,the causes change and technology changes. Man and his motivations do not. Our connection to the past is real and vital. We should not strive to live in the past but certainly we should should work towards the past. For in the distant past man was free, Then we tried to make it better. Silly man.
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