Old soul....

[tinkpixie0621]

Thinking about that Tarot Card thing, and the response supergoober had to mine makes me wonder...

I didn't get one of those "higher path" cards. The reason on the website had to do with being a newer soul as opposed to an old soul.

My mom, crazyauntjaynie has always said I'm an old soul...and I think she'd know. I've always had an affinity for old Celtic myths and legends, and Mom swears I lived back then. I had a teacher in high school who always told me I looked like a Renaissance princess. Not that I'd want to go live back then, because I really like my modern conveniences, but it's interesting to think about.

Why are we drawn to certain people? Or interested in certain time periods? My Tia (mom's sister) is a huge Civil War buff and totally convinced she was a nurse back then.

Oh, bummer...I'd really like to post more about this, but I have to get back to work...

Meh.

Comments

Re: I had a pyschic once tell me

[gypsyariana.livejournal.com]

*waves at Jeanette*

I think Lena said something to this effect in a later reply...

Maybe you're an older soul who hasn't lived as many lives, therefore doesn't have as many experiences. That would explain both! Hee!

(meh)

[karmalingoist3.livejournal.com]

I was reading a book on reincarnation and it said that just because one is a newer soul doesn't mean that one hasn't lived before.

Souls take on lives because there's a lesson they needed to learn in that particular life. Sometimes people who have actually lived alot of different lives had done so because they didn't learn lessons they needed to in just one, or because there were alot of things they needed to learn.

You can be someone with an old soul and not have had as many lives, because your soul chose not to.

It works lots of ways.

[gypsyariana.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...that's an interesting new concept.

It's funny, up until a couple years ago, I didn't really believe in reincarnation at all. Catholic upbringing and all that.

Now, though, I'm changing my opinion. It'd be an awful shame to live just the few short years we do and that be it!

Thanks for sharing that, Lena. Was good to see you last night! :)

[ladychevalier.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey! I was posting around this idea on your entry earlier (I'm going through all my "friends" in chronological order ;)

The idea karmalingoist had is similar to what I was thinking- old soul that hasn't lived as many lives.

I really believe what you were saying- that we are often drawn to things/ have affinities because our soul lived at that point. I wonder what that says about rennies? Not all of them, necessarily, but alot of us love the time period as much as love a chance to practice our arts.

I also think that we really do re-encounter souls- I don't think we're always stuck in a cycle of interacting with the same souls all the time, but I think we do run into each other, so to speak, on a regular basis. I've been thinking about that alot, because I feel like I've run into you and Lindsay and (well, to save a bunch of space typing names) "the KL family" before. I wonder what it is I am supposed to do? Maybe I'm weird thinking about this (ok, well, we all know I'm weird and freaky, but...) And, if I haven't been an oft-used soul, then I really wonder what's going on ;) ;) ;) Hmm...

I could definitely see you as a Celtic princess... :) :) :) (That's a good thing!)

[supergoober.livejournal.com]

Have y'all ever read The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan? Kind of cool, very much about traveling through different lives with the same group of souls.

[gypsyariana.livejournal.com]

No, but I'm going to add that to my list of "books I want to read."

[supergoober.livejournal.com]

Derik's got a copy if you want to borrow it.

[gypsyariana.livejournal.com]

Cool! I'd love that!

I'll get to it after I work my way thru the Madeline L'Engle books that Nancy lent me. ;)

[gypsyariana.livejournal.com]

Finally getting around to answering some of these posts, and you're gone for the weekend! Figures... ;)

Yeah, I really liked Karmalingoist's idea of older soul maybe not having lived as many lives. It explains to me why I have such an affinity for old Celtic myths and legends and Medieval/Renaissance times but no real specific time period since then. (Though I'm fully convinced, too, that I was a gypsy at some point!)

I definitely think we reencounter souls as well...that would explain the feeling of "Do I know you" that so often happens with folks we haven't met (in this life) or the feeling of instant connection and comfort we get with certain people. Maybe this extended KL family has all encountered each other before in other lifetimes. That would explain quite a lot!

I would love to know (for sure) that I was once a Celtic princess. It's funny, I had such a blast playing Hermia this year, but my favorite character that I've played this year is Lady Mortimer, the Welsh woman from Henry IV Part 1. It's a very small role, but I swear, I felt more akin to her character than any other I've played. She had a real history in my mind, a real personality, moreso than any other part I've had. I had to actually speak and sing in Welsh. And the best compliment I got, I think ever, was this older gentleman who said, (I'm paraphrasing a bit) "When you spoke and sang, I got the impression that I was looking at something really old, the culture, the history of these people, you embodied it all."

Yeah. ;)

[ladychevalier.livejournal.com]

Hee hee!!! yea for a computer at my sister's house :)

I think that is so cool that you got to speak and *sing* in Welsh!!!! I too wish there was some way to really know about past lives. Wonder if regression works? Wonder why we forget in the first place?

have you thought about studying more welsh? Do you know if you have any welsh blood in you, or what parts of your family are of celtic origin? I'm not always sure we stay in te saem family, but that might give some clues too...

Deep thoughts for after midnight!!! :)

***hugs*** I am so glad to know people who aren't afraid to think/ explore things like this!!!! :)

[gypsyariana.livejournal.com]

I wish we could really know about past lives too. I don't know if regression works, but it might be fun to try anyway! I wonder if we forget as we get used to each new life...they always say that babies are closest to the angels...I wonder if when we're little we still remember snippets?

I would love to study more Welsh, if I had the time and money to take classes. It's really a beautiful, musical, haunting language. I don't have any Welsh blood, but my dad's family is French, traced back to Brittany. So that's my Celtic connection.

Hmmm...this would be a fun topic for a late night philosophical discussion...maybe at the beach?!

[ladychevalier.livejournal.com]

This is a PERFECT beach conversation!!!!! I just talked to the recruiter at BofA tonight to negotiate some time off for the summer, and I have managed to squeak out 3 days for the beach- the Monday, Tuesday, and Wed. (have to be back Thursday morning though :P :P :P) I have a dance workshop the weekend before in greensboro, so I probably won't get to the beach til late sunday night or early monday morning, depending on Chaz' preference :) :) :)

I am so excited!!!!!! can I just say, *thank you* to you and the KL family, y'all have made me feel so good!!!!!! I was so worried I'd end up being an umpteenth wheel that everyone looked askance at ;) ;) ;) Now I know, when everyone looks askance at me, it's just because of my normal freakiness :) :) :) ***hugs***

[gypsyariana.livejournal.com]

Rock! I'm glad you'll be coming to the beach. I'll be going Saturday thru Wednesday or Thursday, depending on when I have to be back at the Tavern. Wheeeeeee!

Hey, I don't think I officially ever said this, but welcome to the family! :) *hugs* With how freaky we all are, I don't think we have the right to look askance at anyone. *wink* You're freaky like us, so you fit right in.

[blackwidowcrf.livejournal.com]

I definitely don't think you're weird and freaky ladycheavlier! I too feel this same thing!

I feel the same way about ancient english and celtic myths and legends. But, also, all things native american. I am so drawn to the earth religions and am just convinced I was an indian at one time. I had dreams for years of a man with long black hair, chased by soldiers or something. Was it me or my love? I don't know. Not for nothing do I have wolves all over my house and tattooed on my body! They are my totem.

I'm also fascinated with all things of the Titanic and often wonder if I was on that ship.

Anyway, I'm glad that I can talk about this kind of stuff with people who understand and believe!

[gypsyariana.livejournal.com]

It'd be neat to go do that regression thing where a psychic takes you through all your past lives. Then you could figure out if that Native American you keep seeing in your dreams was one of your past lives!

I'm glad everyone didn't think I was a total freak for posting this. :)

[supergoober.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'd be up for regression therapy. I saw this movie once where Al Brooks and Meryl Streep end up in heaven and get to watch movies of their past lives, and she was Prince Valiant, heroically fighting and stuff, and he was a caveman about to get eaten by a woolly mammoth.

I have the sinking feeling that, if I've lived before, I was dinner rather than hero when I died...

It's kind of like the premonition I've had since childhood that my own death will be 1)stupid and 2)my own fault.