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How old is your soul?

I mean, if you believe in that kind of thing. I think when people hear the word soul, they assume it's got to be something to do with God and religiousness and so they turn a blind ear. For a long time I was stuck in the same mindset, the whole "God is imaginary" bit, but then I learned that people are stupid to say that - they're putting themselves on the same level as the blindly devoted Christians they so despise (not saying all Christians are blindly devoted). To say that something that hasn't been proven is true just makes you look like a fucking idiot - and this goes both for belief in God and disbelief in God. It hasn't been proven, but it hasn't been disproved either. This isn't like a court case, "innocent until proven guilty," because it doesn't start one way and then need to go the other. We all start in the middle, and the people who believe anything 100% without proof are idiots. Now, a lot of people who have faith or don't aren't idiots, but they're the people who believe because they choose to, not because they "know" it's absolutely correct and everyone else is a barnacle head for not thinking this way too.

Anyways, we're gonna let that white rabbit go. When I was stuck in thinking "God is imaginary" and that I'm completely right, I threw out the whole idea that there could be anything more than a bunch of nerve connections in my head creating me. I've kind of realized though, that I'm more than that. It's impossible to try and visualize the whole of me and my head and my billion thoughts and wants and opinions into just an interaction between blood and muscle and skin and hormones and whatnot. It can't be that simple.

You can call it whatever you like: your subconscious, your conscience, the little guy on your shoulder, your soul, whatever. It's something that's a part of you that's greater than the numbers and lines in your science book.

Some people have souls that are "younger," in a sense. They just live and don't think about it so much. But it seems like the older a soul is, the less you can do that. Life just isn't that simple. With one decision, you can indirectly touch a million people, and I think old souls realize this. A lot that he wrote about old souls really reminded me of myself, too. I always joke about how I'm such a grandma, but what's funny is a lot of the stuff I joke about isn't far from truth. I drive slow and I'm cautious, but at the same time I often feel my understanding of things is a lot more complex than the understanding of those who jump right in and just do it.

    At the end of a full life comes the time of old age. Much that can be said about an Old soul is what would be said about an old person. Usually old people have traveled to many places and done many things. They are a storehouse of wisdom and understanding because of this range of experience. But in spite of their competence they do not usually accomplish very much. Because of the age of the body, there is often a tiredness about them that prevents much expenditure of effort. They are quieter than younger people, have a more relaxed lifestyle, and are more subdued in their manner of expression. They have mellowed out considerably compared to their younger days. The energy and excitement of youth is mostly gone. It is very similar with Old souls. They have access through the subconscious to a great wealth of experience. Often they become teachers to pass this knowledge and wisdom on, but to a limited number of students — there is little desire or effort to release their understanding into the world in general. In fact, in the last Levels, some Old souls can be so world-weary that they are ready to just lay down and die.