Soul Ages and Soul Levels
Do you believe that we humans are more than the sum of our parts? Could there exist characteristics on an etheric or non-physical dimension, both unique but still definable and identifiable to every individual? A set of memories that tie us to some lineage of the past? Does reincarnation and karma make sense to you? Or are we here for a one time shot and after that, we are merely “dust in the wind”? Indeed, whether here for one life or many…does a “soul” even exist?
Within the Michael Teaching, notions of Soul Age paradigms take on a greater significance at times like these, when the Mature Soul Cycle (or paradigm) has finally entered into the consciousness of the greater US population as evidenced by the election of Barack Obama. This turn of the page of Soul Age paradigm signals many new opportunities in store for the United States and for the world.
But many of those opportunities will come in the wake of some people’s panic and uncertainty with how to share with others and
Obviously, within the confines of the Michael Teaching, the idea that a soul not only exists but matures, evolves, and subsequently can be said to “age” is a primary premise of this cosmology. Yet many who hear these terms have an intuitive understanding about what these mean. But for those who may not have clear awareness about the concepts, after a brief description of each.
To help illustrate the Soul Age concept, I will also call each phase of development World View as not to confuse literal physical chronology nor senescence.
The obvious analogy between the maturation process of a person within a single lifetime is a good place to begin. One key element that I want to mention has to do with the level of beliefs, values, and personal philosophy advancing from very concrete, fixed, and sometimes simplistically black and white at the initiation of the Infant Soul stage to very abstract multifaceted and personal mores held by an Old Soul. As lifetimes compile, the experiences will cause adapting, changing, becoming more abstract, mutable, and more acknowledging of selfhood.
World View 1 – New Born – Infant Soul
Keyword Characteristics: Tribal, Atavistic, Group-Reliant, Labor, Hunter-gatherer, Cautious, Concrete, Terse, Simplistic beliefs,
Relative age comparison: 0-4
Primary Needs and Drives : Survival: Food, comfort, safety, sex is lustful and transitory.
Movies that show Infant Soul Age: “Clan of the Cave Bear”
World View 2 – Child – Baby Soul
Relative age comparison: 4-13
Keyword Characteristics: Regimented, Absolutist, External, Warring, Militaristic
Movies that show Baby Soul Age: “Wizard of OZ”
World View 3 – Adolescent – Young Soul
Relative age comparison: 13-29
Keyword Characteristics: Inventive Self Righteous, acquisition, Enterprise, Selfish, Competitive, Rule Benders
Movies that show Young Soul Age: Wall Street
World View 4 – Adult – Mature Soul
Relative age comparison: 29-55
Keyword Characteristics: Communitarian, neurotic, diplomatic, sensitive, egalitarian,
Movies that show Mature Soul Age: The Hours: Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep
World View 5 – Elder - Old Soul
Relative age comparison: 56 and older
Keyword Characteristics: Philosophical, brooding, detached, spiritual, humanitarian
Movies that show Old Soul Age: Defending Your Life: Comedy – Albert Brooks
***In the months to come, I will introduce a Soul Age Survey that covers many of the issues associated with the process and hopefully fill out the concepts with some real self reports. In other words, I want descriptions of people or events or inventions or philosophical concepts that to you represent an example of a specific expression of Soul Age and Level. You will note that many of the menus offer quick ways of categorizing or identifying traits. This was designed merely as a method for my database. Come back soon.
