The Soul Vs The Ego-Self  

 

 

The concept of reincarnation as presented by the Eastern religions is not only rejected by the Gospel teachings, but is is greatly misunderstood. There is no cloud of forgetfulness between lives that causes us not to recall our Souls previous lives. As an expression of our Soul, we can't recall our Souls previous lives, because we never lived them.  I can correct his misconception by saying that the the Soul evolves over the course of many UNIQUE lives -- which means that each personality only lives one life. You (the earthly generated ego-personality) only lives ONE LIFE -- yet your Soul or True-Self generates or uses a different section of Mind in each life. I believe that this is clarified at The Cosmology Of The Divine Mind http://BeingOfLight.com#CosmologyOfMind .

Each of our Eternal Souls can be portrayed as a Unique Neuron in the Mind of God. Which means that all our Souls are equally an Expression of the Divine Mind -- which is why Jesus said: "Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God'" (John 20:17). And because each of our Soul's were created in the image of God, each of the soul-generated ego-personalities, can be portrayed as a Unique Neuron in the Mind of our Soul. Which means that you don't recall your Soul's previous lives, because you did not live them. Yet, as you begin to draw nearer -- CONSCIOUSLY -- to your Soul or True-Self -- you begin to recall your Soul's previous lives. How do you draw nearer your Soul or True-Self? You begin to live the Holistic Mindset and Lifestyle that Jesus taught -- see The Spiritual Holistic Lifestyle http://TheLawOfTheGospels.com#TheSpiritualHolisticLifestyle

Quoting the Wikipedia: The Oversoul: "...is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841. The broad subject of the essay, considered one of Emerson's best, is the human soul. Several general themes are treated: (1) the existence and nature of the human soul; (2) the relationship between the soul and the personal ego; (3) the relationship of one human soul to another; and (4) the relationship of the human soul to God. With respect to the four themes listed above, the essay presents the following views: (1) the human soul is immortal, and immensely vast and beautiful; (2) our conscious ego is slight and limited in comparison to the soul, despite the fact that we habitually mistake our ego for our true self; (3) at some level, the souls of all people are connected, though the precise manner and degree of this connection is not spelled out; and (4) the essay does not seem to explicitly contradict the traditional Western idea that the soul is created by and has an existence that is similar to God, or rather God exists within us.

Each of our Souls came into being in the Alpha of Creation -- and each Soul evolves through what can be portrayed as Soul-Generated Images which Emerson portrays as the CONSCIOUS EGO (which you are in relation to your Soul-Self) -- which in most cases "habitually mistake our ego for our true self". When Jesus taught that we must lose our self, to become our True-Self, he was making reference to the relationship of the person to their True Soul-Self that is a Being of Light.

If we ask the question: How could the pre-Nicene Church teach reincarnation (see https://brotherofyeshua.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-pre-nicene-position-of-church-on.html  ), when Paul appears to be stating at Hebrews 9:27 "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment"? The answer to Hebrews 9:27 is presented at the suppressed Saying 84 of the Gospel of Thomas where it states: Jesus said, "When you see your likeness, you rejoice. But when you see your images which came into being before you, and which neither die nor become manifest, how much you will have to bear!" Saying 84 presents what is portrayed as YOUR LIKENESS which is your Higher Source of Self and Consciousness, and YOUR IMAGES that "neither die or become Manifest" which came into existence "before you".

Each Soul-Generated Image (which each person is) must eventually return to it's Source in the Soul. And these images dwell in the higher reality of the Soul. "The soul...", writes the mystic St. Teresa, is as “a castle made of a single diamond… in which there are many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions” (Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila). To become MANIFEST as stated above, you must bring about the subsequent stages of birth as Jesus taught. The past-life images "which came into being before you, and which neither die nor become manifest" impacts both the Soul and the Soul-Generated Images, through the lessons learned during the life it lived. Which means that you are the product of your Soul's previous lives. But, since most people believe that they ARE their Soul or True-Self, progress is at a snail's pace.