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The Nature of the Soul
Su Maya—12/2004 |
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Su Maya explains the nature of the Soul
and how it is part of an infinite network of oneness
that connects all beings. |
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THE YEARS, we have come to understand the nature of the Soul as
a grouping of collective memories and experiences that
are in the unconscious. All our many lives on Earth
in the process of soul evolution, bring higher and
higher levels of refinement to our form and function,
to the choices we make and our depth of compassion.
We can visualize this as a linear progression on a
horizontal plane. |
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| The individual person is also said to be existing
on many levels of awareness at once, while only being
active on a specific focus of attention, usually the
body and its needs. That is the reason for learning
meditative techniques which allow the inidividual to
explore and hold their attention on higher levels,
which expands the consciousness. This can be visualized
as a vertical axis of progression. |
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| On these other levels, such as in hypnotic states,
one can reach deeper memories, gain insights and creativity,
contact ancestors, angels and the Ascended Masters.
Many of the writings that have come to us throughout
the ages are reports from such encounters and direct
knowledge. There are also manuscripts that label these,
similar to the archetypes that were described by Carl
Jung in his treatises on the collective unconscious. |
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| The Native American Indians and other tribal cultures
have said that the animal spirit of the Bear family
or Crow, for example, in which all crows know one another,
are part of the same soul family and bring the spirit
of their lives back to the land of origin. Perhaps
it is easier to picture that each species has its own
parent soul which encodes each generation of births
and rebirths with much of the same instinctual behaviors,
based on prior knowledge and that there are inter-species
experiences that get relayed back and forth to share. |
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| Individual tribes have aligned their journeys here
with clans of animal spirits and continue the tradition
to this day. Even contemporary people are said to resemble
or relate to a particular animal. This is most likely
a true soul connection, to an inner memory, to other
lives and travels. |
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| Now, let us view the soul within an even greater
context called the Oversoul. The term oversoul was
first introduced to me in the '70s by the late writer
Jane Roberts through her series of Seth books and spiritual
fiction, in which a soul can manifest itself into many
forms and points of awareness. So soul mates, soul
families, and soul groups are related, even though
they may appear in physical reality as varying cultures,
species or eras in time. Past, present and future lives
co-existing all at once, higher selves and lower selves
conversing. |
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| It is possible to see a soul as an ocean, far
greater than an individual can perceive of itself.
In that ocean, a point of conciousness can be aware
of itself, its needs and hungers, its belongings
etc., like a fish, a crab or a crop of seaweed. Each
point of awareness is limited to its own view and
sensations in the very moment that it is alive. Unless
given the larger perspective, it is not aware that
it is the ocean which is its soul, its Self. In addition,
one body is not able to receive, process and sort
all of the information that is possible through the
myraid other points of reference which its soul created
within the paradigm of Ocean. |
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| In another shift of paradigm, it is possible to
see that the billions of people on the planet, are
just part of one Oversoul of Human Being. The focal
point of one individual may be considered a cell of
a much greater whole being. All your feelings add to
the whole being, including the ones that you like or
dislike, the ones you don't know, the ones you watch
on TV, whether you perceive them as causing pain, injustice
or good deeds, all lives bring this information home
again. |
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| This is what is called Adam Kadmon in the Qabalah,
meaning the "first being". While there are
references in the book of Genesis, Adam Kadmon is not
exactly the Adam in the Bible story. It is more like
the prototype of the oversoul of humanity in its perfected
state, with all the possibilities and potentialities
inherent in God's vision for the total accumulation
of men's lives. In their ascended domain, the Masters
such as Christ or Buddha, are good examples for us.
Their energy is not limited to a body and can touch
many lives at once. |
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| Therefore, every cell and every local point of awareness
is part of the entire evolution of an Oversoul. Even
the spaces between are full of energetic connections
and emanations. |
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| Keeping this in mind, it is easier to see why people
do some of the things they do, even if we do not agree
with them. It does not really give permission to be
harmful or decadent with your life, but it is easier
to forgive yourself for the mistakes and corrections,
for the suffering and healing you have tried to do
for the sake of a higher cause. |
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| Life is a gift that should be cherished, and used
to evolve the whole of God's Universe. Use your life
to fulfill the purpose your Soul has given you in the
larger scheme of things. |
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I hope this brings some light and understanding
to the long journey Home. Peace be unto you and every
innocent one. |
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| Copyright © 2004
Su Maya |
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 Su
Maya is an inter-faith minister and
spiritual counselor. For 22 years she has been
receiving and sharing direct knowledge through
various media, including fine arts, visionary
writings and radio transmissions. Living as
a monk now, she provides private sessions by
phone only. For more information on Su, click
here. |
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