The Souls Journey
The subject for this month is a topic that has been commonly associated with the month of April. It is an important and reoccurring feature throughout multiple religions, that is, the concept of rebirth or reincarnation. My brother, Bishop Andrew will cover in his video, the origins of Easter and how it evolved into what we see today as well as some more of his own perspective on rebirth. The part about the easter bunny is personally my favorite portion. Check out his video if you have time.
First off, yes, I believe in reincarnation, rebirth, and soul mates. The concept of reincarnation continues to evolve through my experiences as I constantly gather knowledge and the understanding of different spiritual perspectives or practices. So, I will continue to develop and challenge my own understanding of this reality while on this path of enlightenment. We should begin by considering ourselves as three distinct parts, all which require equal balance. The body, the mind, and the soul. With that, rebirth happens on all three levels not just the level of the soul. For example, your mindset could change at any moment and with that your perspective changes as well. When that happens, you have allowed yourself to reincarnate the way you think. Thus, becoming a new person and being reborn. Be open to new information, challenge your understanding of reality and let your perspectives evolve with you. Let your mind be a phoenix of potentials and understanding, reborn out of the ashes of your old perspectives.
When it comes to the reincarnation of the soul, I believe that we do live multiple lives and find our consciousness throughout history manifesting in an ultimate attempt to gain understanding, knowledge, or experiences. So, that ultimately the soul may grow as a product of the resulting experiences. It is as though we have certain checks that we are attempting to mark off as we are experiencing reality, but these hidden challenges are just that, hidden. But, not completely, the key here is our emotions and desires are an attempt (by the soul) to reach for these goals. The resulting satisfaction, gratitude, and fulfillment are indications that you are on the right path and implementing your souls’ aspirations. The pull that you feel toward an idea, concept, or craft should be noted and not ignored. Let that sense of fulfillment or “rightness” in our decisions guide us down the path of enlightenment. I believe that our souls can check off a lot of boxes in a single lifetime, potentially all of them if there is an open mindset. One that allows for continual growth to be had with every experience and encounter. As we gather these experience points, we get to choose how they apply to our reality. I believe that the astrological signs both eastern and western are a symbolic representation and expression of this concept. Each soul generally goes through these different expressions on its path toward enlightenment. I do not believe that any one step, sign, or symbol is placed further on the path of enlightenment but instead was where your soul found itself the most suitable expression or manifestation of itself.
Soul mates are something that I firmly find grounding in myself but not in the way that is maintained by the whole of society. We exist and can be thought of as a soundwave. Certain harmonics or soundwaves harmonize with others amazingly and some only mildly harmonize together. Others in fact clash or mix about as effectively as oil and water. This is in essence how we interact with the people around us on a regular basis. We get along well with some people and utterly clash with others. We encounter soul mates throughout our lives in various forms taking on different relationships while on their own paths. We exist in a sort of grouping of soul mates that can be expressed very simply with a diagram. The image below shows just what I mean, by my understanding we exist with an unknown number of soul mates that we encounter throughout our lives in different relationships through various people, family, and friends. You could potentially find soul mates in anyone whether family or friend. Though, that may not have any weight on this concept only that they may be. So, in other words I don’t believe that we live a life that one person is the only true match for our souls. The thing is our souls grow and change over time so we must realize that we may shift in and out of a harmonizing frequency with some people but shift to harmonize with others. I think not only can we harmonize with many people, but those same people can also harmonize together. This is not in the sexual sense but in a sense of deep connection, love, or understanding. We find connection and love in many forms and in many ways. These people are by my understanding are our soul mates. If you’ve ever wondered why your boyfriend or girlfriend, you feel you are SO compatible with, but is compatible with absolutely no one in your family. That may be because they do not have compatible frequencies, but you do. Another important concept attached to soul mates is the unfortunate and unforeseen loss of your “soul mate”. If soul mates were exclusive to one person than we may never find happiness if that one person is never found or found but then lost due to dire circumstances. We are not alone in our travel and expression of our soul’s manifestation and only limit ourselves to being alone by choice. If you choose to be alone deciding the one is no where to be found, you know where you will find them… no where. Look around at those close to you. I bet the vast majority of you will know exactly who those people are and who they are not, simply by looking around. My wife pointed out to me, a long time ago, when I first told her what I thought about soul mates. She stated, by your understanding, we are not destined to be together. I told her, that she was right that does in fact illude to that exact conclusion. I told her that there was one important caveat to this conclusion and that was that everyday we choose each other. No one or thing is forcing our love. It is as real as it could ever be and I would rather get up everyday knowing that I chose her.
Reincarnation of the body happens in two main ideas and that comes with the rebirth of your soul manifesting into a new expression on its path to enlightenment or the more conscious effort transforming yourself on this physical plane of reality. I can personally stand behind this idea, I at one point after a dark area in my life was very unhealthy and was very overweight. I felt like I was dying on a regular basis. I started researching whether people as big as I was could ever get back into the shape, especially with the ailments that I was suffering with. I found a few people in my search and convinced myself that wow, it may be potentially possible. Well, guess what, it is possible. I went from being incredibly unhealthy with every ache and pain you could imagine to what you see today. I did not want to exist in a life where I had little ability to participate in the lives of my children. With that idea in my mind, I worked at changing my lifestyle to fit what I knew to be healthy. So, I had to let go of my preconceptions of what was healthy because it obviously wasn’t working. I started building a new identity of healthy mannerisms through my research but more importantly my experiences of what did or did not work. I generally knew what choices were healthy versus which were not but the choice to stand behind those beliefs with action are what made the difference. We can sit around and think about healthy choices and create a sense of delusion that we are making them regularly. In the end if you are not getting the results that you wish, or taking the steps to be the person you really envision, then it may be time to make a change. I promise you that it is possible to see that person in the mirror one day.
I hope you enjoyed the post and found something to aide you in your experience of this reality and on the path of enlightenment. Remember, focus on what you want in your reality and your heart will guide you that direction. One day we WILL all find enlightenment and awaken to our true potential. Thank you for joining me as I explore the meaning of life, reality, and spirituality while on this road to enlightenment.
Bishop John Sarti III