Article 6

         Soul

Soul, a word we had all came across in some point of our life and along with it other words came flooded as 'indestructable' , 'rebirth' , 'afterlife' and many others. Now in our childhood we would always wonder what is this "soul" is anyway?

Later we came to know that it is a form of energy that rests within the human shell we have and lets us live the span of life. But how was this "soul" formed or better put as came to existence in the first place? 

Now Religion tells us God the almighty sent these souls as energy forms to operate his creation; the human body. And after we live our time and die they return to God or do they?

There are some talks about "Reincarnation" where it is said a person remembers about past life but how is that? Well here is my theory to you- "souls are not only energy but also thoughts! Before arguing just hear me out, for a rebirth to happen you need strong memory. Let me clarify that, most people die when they are old and as you get older,your memories get hazy. You forget the extreme moments of joy or sadness. The mind tries best to hold on to memories so that it can pass it to next lifetime. Do you think old people get nostalgic for no reason!? Its just the body trying to make the 'soul' remember. There is always a reason.

There is a fancy word in the world of spiritualism called 'ATONMENT' which basically is 'At-one-ment' which defines as being concious, but in other words its 'living in the moment'. Now because people donot live in the moment, their memories are not strong. And when your memories gets muddled up your soul tends to loose its uniqueness. So in a newborn baby; these blurred memories gets wiped out and is overwritten by the flood of stimulasions it gets,thus your soul is LOST FOREVER!

On the contrary if you (suppose) die young, lived right,have enough moments to remember your life by, your memories come back and you become 'the same soul'. 

Although there is a condition that demands a tick mark, 'have you ever read about rebirth incidents in newspapers or seen in any films, mostly such people were murdered or commited a suicide.

You can google it its mostly violent deaths! 

In all cases, you will see people tend to remember things at a young age. And as they grow old they forget because everyone will tell you its mere imagination! Or was it..

Lastly i would like to highlight what our Rishis and sages say about death- 

"Vaasaansi jeemaani yatha vihaay; navaani grhnaati naroparaani: tatha shareeraani vihaay jeerna; nyanyaani sanyaati navaani dehee"    which means the following-

 "what's the body but a change of clothes? Just like people shed worn-out clothes and wears new ones, likewise the soul casts off its old body and enters a new one"

Well thank you for reading through, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below. And share it among those who you think will read. Until next time its the_zen_monk, goodbye.

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