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BRAVE NEW WORLDS OF BODY, MIND & SPIRIT: The Soul, by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

Bringing together the best of the Old and the New
The fourth—this focusing on Soul—in a series, by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke

(As I've prefaced the previous editorials in this series, I want to state that I do not consider myself an "expert." I've been a student all my 77 years of this lifetime, and I’m well read in most areas of Body, Mind & Spirit sometimes, called "the Occult." I'm also well read in Psychology, Philosophy, Religions, History, Mythology, the Healing Sciences, Science, and those alternative areas sometimes called "strange science" that include the Paranormal, UFOs, Politics, Human Behavior and Sexuality, and various observations that don't quite fit the predominant belief system. I'm not a clairvoyant, an ascended master, a channel for advanced beings, or anything else that would enable me to claim to know more than you do. But, I think a lot and I'm writing about what I've come to believe as the result of study and thinking. That's it. I'm an old man who reads, meditates, and thinks—and I'm sharing my personal beliefs. I also want you to know that I am optimist. I think we'll survive 2012, and that we will co-create a better world.)

In my last editorial, I am writing about Soul and Personality, the big "I" and the little "I."

Do you have a Soul? Or does a Soul have you? Think about it: If you believe in reincarnation at all, you don't believe it is your body that is born again. Nor do you believe it is your Mind, because if it were, you should have conscious past life memories. Is Soul then Spirit?

Before answering that, let's see what we really mean when we talk about your body and your mind. Your body is a particular coming together of physical substance guided by your DNA and other codes and filled with life energy. The most amazing part of the process is the formation of a "matrix" through and around your body directing the flow of energy. Within this matrix are the several auras, the chakras, and the various meridians and channels that make the totality that functions as your physical and energy body.

Your Mind is not your brain, although the brain is its primary physical vehicle. Like the physical body, the Mind is a coming together of mental substance guided by the "I." The "I" is not who you think you are, but is, in fact, the main manager in charge of mind and body. The little "I," as I call it, the Personality, has the prime responsibility for trying to make your life meaningful and expressive of your "life purpose."

"Life Purpose!" Where did that come from? It's the job you were given for this lifetime. It is not the job of being a mom or dad, of being a responsible person and citizen, or the one you are paid for whether you are a field worker or President of the United States. Your Life Purpose is a "plan" for the lessons you're learning. It is not written out as a series of steps like a study program but rather as a goal you will hopefully fulfill. And the goal may seem very simple, but all those goals together define the entire plan for humanity. A "plan for humanity?" We can get into that, sometimes called "the Great Plan," another time.

Where did your Life Purpose come from? According to the research of Dr. Michael Newton and others, it involves your Soul and various guides. The Soul is the "permanent being" behind the Personality, the Mind & Body combination that is yours alone. The Personality is the little "I" that you think of as your self, but it is not the Soul. In a "mythic" sense, the Soul is "up there" and the Personality is "down here." Of course, in an ultimate cosmological and spiritual sense, there really is no up there and down here, but we are not yet anywhere near that ultimate unity.

Just as the body is an assembly of physical substance, and the Mind an assembly of mental substance, I believe the Soul is an assembly of spiritual substance—what we commonly call "Spirit." At the physical level, we work with physical substance in a variety of ways and forms. At the mental level, we work with mental substance, and the Soul level we work with spirit substance. All of this leads to the realization that the ultimate, big "I" is not physical, mental, or spiritual.

(We have a big problem because of the loose way we use words. We think of "spiritual" as the opposite of "physical." It is not. We do not have a good word for "that which is above that which is below," so we say "spiritual" in an abstract sense to mean, essentially, that which we are striving toward. It is our goal for our "becoming more than we are.")

Just as the Personality is not Soul, I believe that the Soul is not the big "I," but is a vehicle just as the Personality is. And just as there is a kind of "disconnect" between Personality and Soul, so is there a "disconnect" between Soul and the big "I." By "disconnect" I mean to convey the Soul may not be paying a lot of attention to the Personality, but can be appealed to through meditation, prayer, and ritual. When a connection is made, there is a flow of Love and Intelligence called the"Knowledge & Conversation with the Holy Guardian Angel."

How do you make the connection? Firstly, when the student is ready, the master will appear. You cannot command this, but you can prepare for it, and you can ask for it, you can pray for it, and you can "open the way" for it. I like to call it "bridge building"—like a bridge between worlds. The point is that we have to work to grow, and growth involves transformation so that we become more than we are and it is in becoming that we fulfill the plan.

Everything we know about the universe shows that change and growth always happen. Species evolve, the Universe expands, and the Soul grows. The "substances" that compose all things evolve through the experience of life moving through them. The Soul evolves as it accumulates abstract human experiences retained as memories. "Memories" are like computer folders containing many files. We can "drill down" and examine any of those memories through past life regression and other techniques of self-knowledge. Through self-knowledge, we learn the lessons for our life purpose.

At each level, substance is organized into entities by thought-forms and life-force. At the human level, Intelligence and Soul are added. Soul is ever incarnating to grow as an individual. Each of us results from a push and pull—Push from the past of evolution and heredity, Pull from the future by the Divine Matrix of "In this image did We create them."

Evolution is a fact, but it is given direction by the Divine Matrix, the Great Plan. I like to use that word, "Light." Humanity has been enriched by the "messengers of Light" and at the same time we must reach for the Light. "Light" is more than a metaphor. We can say that it is a spiritual reality, for as we meditate and see ourselves filled with Light we are using that experience to change and transform the Personality to call to the Soul and open the way for that union.

It's a long journey (the entire formula of the Tarot), but all journeys begin with a first step and progress with more steps. That journey is our Life Purpose. For us, it is a combination of Knowledge and Action. We study Knowledge, but unless we Act with purpose, we have yet to take the first steps on the Journey.

Selected reading:

Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives, by Michael Newton, Ph.D
Life Between Lives: Hypnotherapy for Spiritual Regression, by Michael Newton, Ph.D
The Gaia Project: 2012, The Earth's Coming Great Chances, by Hwee-Yong Jang
What Happens After Death: Scientific & Personal Evidence for Survival, by Migene González-Wippler
Beyond Reincarnation: Experience Your Past Lives & Lives Between Lives, by Joe H. Slate, Ph.D.
Magical Use of Thought Forms: A Proven System of Mental & Spiritual Empowerment, By Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki & J. H. Brennan
Meditation as Spiritual Practice: Meditation for Expanding Consciousness & Awareness, by Genevieve Paulson
You Are the Answer: Discovering and Fulfilling Your Soul’s Purpose, by Michael J. Tamura

Carl's other editorials are also available:

Brave New Worlds of Body, Mind & Spirit: The Body

Brave New Worlds of Body, Mind & Spirit: The Mind

Brave New Worlds of Body, Mind & Spirit: The Spirit

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2008. All rights reserved.

I had a dream two nights ago that I was on my honeymoon with my future husband. (I don't know who he is - I'm single at the moment.) We were on a couch in a hotel lounge area, and there were four men in business suits loitering around us. I was sipping orange juice, and then I went to snuggle my husband. I put my head on his chest and told him I could hear his heart beat, after which he looked at me and smiled. In that moment, I filled up with the nicest, warmest feeling. In my dream, I felt really loved by this person. I felt really comfortable with him and his smile communicated that he loved me too. I touched him to make sure he was real and he felt like he was. The four men faded away, or I didn't notice them anymore. I must have awakened about four times after this dream, and in my half-asleep state, I kept remembering the dream and smiling. When I fully woke up the next morning, I could vividly recall the dream, and it left a warm feeling in the pit of my stomach. Does this dream mean anything? I'm not really insecure about being single, though sometimes I wish the perfect guy for me would show up soon. I couldn't make out the guy in my dream, and he didn't resemble anyone I know. Thank You!

Neha

Astrea:

I'm so glad that you're not worried about being single for a while. Though many young people insist on rushing into marriage, it's always better to wait until you have your university years over before you make a commitment for life with someone.

Waiting a few more years before you get married is a VERY good idea, for Aries folks often make quick decisions in love that they later regret.

This doesn't mean that I'm in any way making light of this wonderful dream. It made a big impression on you, so it probably does mean that you're dreaming of your life to come. Fire signs often have prophetic dreams about their romantic futures, especially at your age.

While your dream doesn't give you many details as to the husband you will have, it does show how happy you will be in the future when you choose the correct partner. The fact that the man wasn't anyone you know - or that you couldn't clearly remember his face - doesn't necessarily mean that you don't already know him in real life, or that you haven't known him in another incarnation.

The man in your dream symbolized the kind of person you're hoping to marry. Many times people, places and things in dreams are symbols of other things to come, or represent things you're wishing for.

When we notice numbers in a dream, especially numbers of people, they often represent periods of time. For example, an old time fortune teller might tell you that the four men in your dream represent the four years it will be before you're happily married, which sounds about right to me too.

In the old books, four women in your dream would have meant four months would pass before you are with your intended husband. Numbers we remember can mean many things, but the passage of time is one of the most accepted dream interpretations.

Treasure this dream and the feeling it gives you. You may have it again and again between now and the time you are officially wedded to your beloved. Enjoy it when it comes to you, and enjoy the search for that man who gives you that warm and wonderful feeling. He's waiting for you, and he may be having a similar dream too!

*****

Susyn:

When dreams have a profound effect on us, we can be sure they hold important messages. The dream you've described is no exception, and appears to hold clues as to what you can expect when your life partner comes along one day.

Dreams, instincts and premonitions are often vague, and most do not reveal specifics about things to come, so it's understandable that you could not identify the man in your dream. However, you can trust your feelings in determining its importance to you.

In your dream, you found yourself married to the man of your dreams and already in the midst of your honeymoon, thus your feelings of happiness and security reveal not just the type of relationship you want, but also the type of relationship that is coming your way. Based on how loved you felt in the dream, when this man actually does come into your life, you'll know in an instant that he is the one even if he doesn't physically resemble the man in your dream.

The men in business suits might reflect the profession of your future husband as a business man of sorts. As there were four of them, these men might be symbols of the four cornerstones of a solid foundation, including the comforts of home, security and family, which are attributes metaphysically associated with the number four.

You mentioned that in the dream you were drinking orange juice, which is a fruit symbolic of nourishment and vitality. The color orange represents creativity and the start of a new cycle of life - another positive sign in your dream.

Though you state that you aren't currently concerned about getting married right away, this dream confirms that at some time in your future when you are ready, your true partner will appear, and you'll spend a wonderful life together.

When things do get lonely or you find yourself in an unfulfilling relationship, hold fast to this dream. If you do, it will be that much easier to free yourself from a connection that isn't right for you so you can keep moving forward until the right one appears.

All in all, I would say this was a very profound, premonitory dream. It's a wonderful glimpse of the future and an affirmation of the love that is coming your way.

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.