Welcome to Life Unedited,
The Power of Radical Acceptance,
20 Theories of Living in Reality.
This is a series of practical strategies to use in life through the lens of reality for changing obstacles into opportunities.
I'm Tiffany and this is Theory 5,
Soul Age.
Imagine a triangle.
At the base,
There are new souls.
At the very top are enlightened souls.
And every other soul age lies in between.
This triangle contains all 8 billion plus souls who are currently inhabiting the earth.
This visual is a take on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
Where physiological needs,
Basic survival,
Like food,
Water,
And shelter are at the base of the triangle and self-actualization,
Wisdom,
Love,
And even enlightenment are at the top.
Various religions and belief systems suggest that it takes upwards of 8.
4 million lifetimes to reach freedom,
Which could be thought of as enlightenment or self-actualization.
In each lifetime,
Like we discussed in the last chapter,
Our soul contains a lesson plan.
Our purpose is to experience that lifetime and all that comes with it to learn the lessons on that plan.
When we complete our unique to-us lessons,
Our physical body dies.
The elements that make up all human beings are the same elements found in stars.
Millions of years ago,
When a star exploded,
The elements of that star dispensed throughout the universe.
Those elements eventually became part of us.
Through these elements,
New souls are born.
New souls are focused on survival and basic needs.
These people strive to have their needs met,
Regardless of cost.
This is because as new souls,
They have not yet gathered the wisdom that comes with many lifetimes of learning.
They primarily operate from ego,
Which is all about me,
And with very little empathy.
Not because they are bad egocentric people,
They are just new souls with limited information,
Walking their paths,
Learning their lessons,
Just like the rest of us.
We were all a new soul once.
As souls reincarnate and evolve,
The ego decreases while wisdom increases,
Eventually reaching a state of pure peace and unity with the universe.
We can imagine that maybe Jesus or Buddha attained that state.
There are over 8 billion souls inhabiting the earth with over 8 billion unique lesson plans.
Everything,
Positive or negative,
Happens as part of some soul's lesson plan.
It might be yours or someone else's,
Yet it's all woven into a greater tapestry of life.
Radical acceptance and the state of pure peace that comes with it becomes easier when we recognize soul age.
We stop judging others and expecting new souls to act like old ones.
We can accept them all at face value when we respect that each one of us is at our own soul age,
Doing our best,
Whatever that may look like,
And on our own unique paths toward peace.
