Dearest Paulo,
Do you believe in reincarnation? Do you have the experience of having lived on this earth in other lives, other times?
In Brida you talk in depth about the soul dividing and that is why we may meet more than one soul mate in a lifetime. The Bhagavad Gita says the soul is indestructible, that water cannot wet it, fire cannot burn it, the wind cannot dry it and the sword cannot pierce it(and In The Flowing River you have quoted this verse). Please do share your views on this. And thank you for this link where I can finally address you on the blog! Ah! Thank You.
Dear Sheela,
more than to believing or not in reincarnation, I think that it is interesting that you quote the Bhagavad Gita about the imperishable soul.
In a way, the idea of reincarnation is not at all linked with this concept of indestructible and imperishable soul. Indeed, the soul exists despite our manifested world.
Our world is a world of mutation whereas the soul is above this constant flow.
The spirit is the spark that lives in each one of us – and hasn’t got anything to do with the ego – which is a result of our distance with the divine.
Love
Paulo
I like the terms – especially as one tradition I know uses the term “the spark” to describe the deepest part of the soul that is essentially one with the Tao, or all that is.
Now I’m a channel, and so deal with reincarnation concepts all the time. But I don’t necessarily “believe” in reincarnation. What I am will change. What I think of as “me” will die and will never be the same again. So I don’t believe in reincarnation that way. But nothing is ever destroyed. Consciousness and awareness never dies. And there are just so many dimensions to life we don’t know, so many possibilities. So many choices where we can move our awareness. I try to think of it as empowering – that of choices.
Dearest Paulo and all you wonderful people who have shared your experiences in response to my question,
A big thank you. I do not claim to have indepth knowledge or some special insight on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita. My understanding from the books that came my way ( I say ‘came my way’ because Paulo’s Alchemist lay waiting for me in 1997 and I was drawn to it only because the book was covered in this beautiful Archies/Hallmark gift wrapper with satin bows and lovely white roses(and roses I love!)Whom it was intended for is not a reader at all and she felt I could read them and had kept them on the table for me. The other book was “You& Co.”
That’s when my journey began with Paulo Coelho and it’s been wonderful since.
Coming back to my understanding from the books I have read is that we reincarnate owing to unfulfilled desires as also to evolve and learn and grow. That the ultimate goal is to realise and experience the Divine(you can call Him/Her God, Goddess,Mother, Energy, Allah, Jesus, Guru Nanak…)and serve the world in a spirit of joy and love, by continuing to inhabit the world.It’s like something I read in a book “The Wooden Bowl” – “Before enlightenment, gather firewood, fetch water. After enlightenment, gather firewood, fetch water.” I remember thinking -WoW!
It’s been my experience that we connect very easily with some people and there are difficult moments with some others. Is it because we have known them before and subconsciously recognise them as friends? Or atleast those you are not in conflict with immediately? That is why “Brida” meant so much to me as it must have to the many others out there.
Okay I am going to share this(never thought I would share this on a blog)So it’s surprising that when I met who I thought/recognised to be my SoulMate, the conversations went awry. Only I felt what I did. I must have been so desperate to connect. But I can’t deny that my heart simply settled when I met him. Yet, he did not feel that- he later said as much and I was crushed. And ever since I have been wondering. I admit I went overboard. And after shutting myself down for sometime, I chanced upon this book by Jiddu Krishnamurthy- again it was like it was waiting for me to embrace it’s contents- “Love and Loneliness” and “That Benediction is where you are”. Well, that helped me look at myself better and this horrible EGO of mine. And I realised I was doing just the very opposite ” in love” and all one-sided too. All pretty intriguing… Soul, Soulmate, Ego, Love.
But this togetherness we share is amazing- on Paulo’s blog. It doesn’t matter to me now whether we have known each other in other lives or what brings two or more people together who are not in conflict in these fragile times.This means a lot, dear Warriors of Light. For your courage and love and openness.
Love,
Sheela.
Meantime, I am gonna play
With my Yo-Yo
Gros beijhos
I am in a vacuum
The 5D ’s type
E=mc2
is my formula 2
I hope it is the right 1
I am the Leo from Down Under
I share that with you 2
California Dreaming
Here I come
On my bicycle
So when I come
And say hello
Spare me a mo
Ciao, ciao bambino
The sun and the moon shine upon all of us. How can a soul be divided when we are that light?
Yes there are a lot of soulmates, we all are,… what is a different story for me then reïncarnation. I believe in both and that we have to embrace every moment that is given to bring us home. Thank you all.
Love
Hildegarde
x
Alessandra,
Muito bem, me encontei!
Paulo and Sheela,
E=mC² Even the science of physics teaches us that energy and matter cannot be destroyed, only changed. And, can you imagine that this is the only opportunity we have to enlighten ourselves or to help others find happiness? And, what about the mistakes we all make? Will we never have the ability to make good on those? I’m reminded of the song from “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Could we start again, please?” And who has not experienced Deja Vu? If reincarnation is not true, please don’t tell me. I desperately want to believe it is true.
what i really want to be one with universe… but now we have to participate. i have moments where i too feel as though i’m in and out. it’s like dissolution of the ego. in fact too much! there are things i found that keep me grounded. exercise, even food that we eat, putting the books down for a while, and also putting the focus back to me. it is necessary to remove your ego to truly see another but for me not a state to be in at all times. i have to have balance to everything.
jessica- you are not crazy, that’s your gift, you can share with whom ever you choose…
in fact everyone here is beautiful and unique. it’s amazing how far the travel is in our mind, in fact it is beyond that…*
Nice posting. Do you know about this edition of the Gita?
http://www.YogaVidya.com/gita.html
Dear Sheela and Paulo
The Bhagvad Gita talks about the one-soul ‘Brahman’ from which all the souls have emerged.In a way, this in itself could be considered as a way in which the soul was divided.
“…that water cannot wet it, fire cannot burn it, the wind cannot dry it and the sword cannot pierce it” — The Bhagvat Gita also mentions that the soul has no attributes, and this goes to explain it in layman terms.
A soul dividing, does not mean that it has been destroyed because an enlightened person’s soul goes back to join the one-soul ‘Brahman’. If this is possible, then division would likely be possible.
Yeah, I believe I’ve been here before.
acording to my religion (judaism) after death we come again and again to the fisical world,,,, we have to correct things that we didnt do in our past life,,,, and only when we really complete our mission on the fisical earth,,, our soul will not come back but will stay in the eternity world,,,,,,
so my self,,, i have come to this world and still have a lot to do,,,,
and by the way i think i know at least 1 of my last life!!!!!! i feel it in my insite!!!!
and i believe also (as in Brida) that out there we have more than one soul mate, and we reallllly know when we meet THE ONE!!!!
I believe in reincarnation of the soul :-)
I has happened to much in my life to not belive this.
I have met some people I already know I have known before.
I get this Deja vu feeling, and then I can see where we met before.
And in the most cases, what we can learn from each ohter in this life.
This last two years has been a journey in meeting with “old” friends from past lifes.
One of the most funniest episode was a time when I got this verified.
I was going on a ying/yang healing with my ordinarie healer and also a new male healer.
Some days before the visit I had a feeling that I have met this person before.
When I met him in person the first thing he sais is we have known each other from a past life.
And I was chocked, really chocked, I have sometimes had this feeling but never said anything to the other person.
Then later on when I recieved healing he sais :
what image do you get up?
He read my mind, because I got an image in my head that he had been my uncle in a past life.
I told him this and he just smiled to me as an answer.
This was on of the most strange moments in my life.
Since then I have met even more people from past lifes, but I haven´t told them so.
Maybe they also know … should I tell them or not is a question.
The maybe think I´m crazy ;-)
I´m convinced we have lived many lifes, and it is a red thread throw all lifes ;-)
Love Jessica
Gostaria de saber onde posso falar com Paulo coelho, se é que já estou falando, pois sou meio perdida em tecnologia, então se ele(ou vc) ou alguem quiser entrar em contato comigo: tardnassela@hotmail.com(me adicione).bjs para todos
Melhore o mundo superando tudo!
Se precisar até mesmo a morte!
Entregue-se e continue a viver!
Entregar-se para ser livre!
Cada vez mais me supero!
Descobri que posso ser tudo quando senti que também posso ser nada!
Descobri que existo!
Passei muito tempo dormindo numa vida aparentemente vazia!
Mas o nada não existe, pois se o vazio é um branco ele é algo e deixa de ser um nada.
Deixei de ser um nada!
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
Kahlil Gibran
It seems that this quote was written for us, my dear Pandora and dear-est Paul from Austria!!
You do not need a … jet to come to Cyprus Paul!!
Pandora we can start practising the ‘March Militaire’ right now .. during our …sleep. Our souls leave our bodies and travel freely..
Be happy and thank you Paulo Coelho and everybody, Warriors of the Light, for being there. I love you.
LOVE,
Thelma
I continuously feel “outside of myself” watching my earthbound vehicle from afar… I am not always happy with what I see… but I feel the continuous strength of my guiding light… which always sees the good in me…
Love, Paul
I was thinking about the Light, the Ego this morning….without the Ego, we would not be separate from the Light. With the Ego, we are materialised into existence or matter.
I once had an experience where ‘I’ was a tiny piece of light joined to a hugely gigantic piece, which was also made up of tiny, tiny pieces. (a bit like a huge star system but so compact it was just light)
There was no me/I, until I had to leave it….and then ‘I’ became and ‘I’ was separate, like you say from distance. A tiny, small piece of light made aware because ’s/he’ was floating in the darkness.
However no matter how small ‘I’ was, ‘I’ was born of the light, and knowing this has given me strength, I know where ‘I’ have to return, where lies home. ( I am glad you say that is indestructible, a huge relief).
This experience has had a profound effect on my life. It was completely humbling,awe inspiring, even writing about it brings an incredible emotion.
Has anyone else had anything smiliar? I was 17/18 when it happened, and I don’t fully understand it.
I had not read any books on it, but something sort of similar was described in a book called Predesined Love by Dick Sutphen.
Thanks very much Paulo.