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Just for fun, I've had my astrological chart done, my palm read, and had a psychic reading--all by different people, and years apart.
Each one told me I have an old soul.
I can't help it, I'm a sceptic. Is that a standard bit of puffery used to make clients feel good about themselves? Does everyone get told they've lived 495 lives? (Incidentally, is there a maximum number of lives? Do you get kicked out of the cycle when you reach 500? 1000?)
Yes, I think it is puffery, but having said that, I think anyone who is interested in spiritual matters has been around the loop a few more times than people who are not. That does not mean old souls are better any more than a masters degree student is better than a bachelors degree student. Yes, they probably know more, but just at a different stage in their learning development. Like students can teach the teachers how to be better teachers.
Obviously, everyone likes to be told they are special or advanced, or they are a 'star seed', 'indigo 1' or 'indigo 2', or 'walk-in'. It appeals to our ego, but it is how you handle such comments that really show whether one is an 'old soul' or not.
Actually, I think most of us have been around the Earth-life loop multiple times already. Each time we learn new and important things which help us advance on our spiritual journey. So, in this case, 'old' is relative and since time is only an illusional concept for this reality, it has no real meaning at all.
According to psychology class back in school it is just one of the many things they use to trick people. It supposedly makes you feel special and more open to believe them. It is also used pick up on anything in your past you might bring up so they can use it later.
Astrology does not need to see you face to face and often you just get a report of the interpretation of your birth chart. Obviously palm readers need to see your hand, but I guess it is mainly psychics who say this about being old souls.
Yes, I think it is puffery, but having said that, I think anyone who is interested in spiritual matters has been around the loop a few more times than people who are not. That does not mean old souls are better any more than a masters degree student is better than a bachelors degree student. Yes, they probably know more, but just at a different stage in their learning development. Like students can teach the teachers how to be better teachers.
Obviously, everyone likes to be told they are special or advanced, or they are a 'star seed', 'indigo 1' or 'indigo 2', or 'walk-in'. It appeals to our ego, but it is how you handle such comments that really show whether one is an 'old soul' or not.
Actually, I think most of us have been around the Earth-life loop multiple times already. Each time we learn new and important things which help us advance on our spiritual journey. So, in this case, 'old' is relative and since time is only an illusional concept for this reality, it has no real meaning at all.
Thanks for the analysis. I had to look up your examples (star seed, etc.), so I guess maybe I haven't been around the loop so many times
Thanks for the analysis. I had to look up your examples (star seed, etc.), so I guess maybe I haven't been around the loop so many times
I shouldn't worry about it, it is just the weird names the new agers give to what they see as advanced humans. (These are usually the ones who go on the speaking circuits or write books on the subject) There have always been people who can see/hear/sense stuff throughout history, we just give them different names now. No big deal.
Just for fun, I've had my astrological chart done, my palm read, and had a psychic reading--all by different people, and years apart.
Each one told me I have an old soul.
I can't help it, I'm a sceptic. Is that a standard bit of puffery used to make clients feel good about themselves? Does everyone get told they've lived 495 lives? (Incidentally, is there a maximum number of lives? Do you get kicked out of the cycle when you reach 500? 1000?)
Well, I don't think it's puffery, because I've only been told once, that I had a large number of previous lives. So it depends on who your "reader" is, as to whether they're faking it by flattering you, or not bothering to flatter you, or maybe that's what they actually "saw".
Hard to say. I'd say, that the more interesting question is; did what any of them told you about those past lives resonate with you, in the sense that it seemed to fit a theme from this lifetime? Or was it just statements obviously plucked out of thin air, like: you were Egyptian royalty in the days of the Pharoes, or something.
Well, and there's also the possibility, that being an "old soul" means you're not too swift on the uptake, and have had to keep coming back time and again, with only short intervals between lives, to get your lessons through your thick skull. If you were an old soul but with fewer lifetimes, it might mean you're a quick learner, and have advanced in spiritual maturity quickly.
Well, I don't think it's puffery, because I've only been told once, that I had a large number of previous lives. So it depends on who your "reader" is, as to whether they're faking it by flattering you, or not bothering to flatter you, or maybe that's what they actually "saw".
Hard to say. I'd say, that the more interesting question is; did what any of them told you about those past lives resonate with you, in the sense that it seemed to fit a theme from this lifetime? Or was it just statements obviously plucked out of thin air, like: you were Egyptian royalty in the days of the Pharoes, or something.
Sadly, none have identified any previous identities. I don't like tight necklines, that's supposed to indicate I was hanged or strangled in a previous incarnation. I hope it was hanged; being strangled seems like a victim.
I'm not into new age stuff anymore because of how dangerously misleading it is, but....
There is something to that 'old soul' phrase. And I'm not necessarily talking about past lives or anything like that.
But have you noticed some people just have a certain "look" in their eyes? There's just something there, something really deep and mysterious, that others do not have.
(Some people have kind of a blank look like there's nobody home.)
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