My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of
that, and I intend to end up there - Rumi
I ran across a quote by Rumi. As with all his words, you can’t just quickly
run past them. You really have to sit
with them a bit and reflect. As I
consider the words, “My soul is from elsewhere” alone, there is a strong
resonance that echoes through not only my soul but the entirety of my spiritual
consciousness.
I don’t believe we were created from
nothing with a sudden appearance here on this Earth.
We’d have to come up with a much better and clearly defined
understanding of consciousness in order for me to believe that.
I think that we always existed and even as we project our focus here in this dimension, there is still a part of
us that remains part of that “Elsewhere” of which Rumi spoke.
Notice, maybe as I have, that he never
said “return there” as if we had left and would some day return. He said, “End up there.” I think the concept of “End up there” is a
little closer to the truth. Perhaps we
never left Elsewhere at all and everything we experience here is this massive,
amazing and wonderful dream just for the delicious beauty of the experience of it.
No one can say with certainty but I
think it’s a nice thought for now.
Beliefs are not entirely useless.
I guess their usefulness depends on what you allow them to motivate you
to do. If your belief keeps you happy,
smiling, kind and supportive of all life here on planet Earth, then I’d have to
say your belief would not be a bad thing in my book. If your belief stirs up chaos and strife or intentionally harms life on this planet, I’d
have to reflect very hard to be understanding of such beliefs. I could do it but I may not like it.
It’s a funny world we seemingly live in
but to me it is more than a pleasant thought to consider my soul comes from Elsewhere and one day I intend to end up there.
I don’t think I ever left there and I don’t think anyone else did
either. I can’t prove it but neither can
you definitively disprove it. That is the beauty of this intricately woven and matrixed experience called life.
So, let us go about our lives
then regardless of potential origins or conscious residence. Perhaps
we should just live our lives to the
fullest no matter our beliefs or the beliefs of anyone else. Respect
all, love all and hold compassion for all. Maybe we simply continue to
move
towards that which stirs us in a beautifully resonating fashion for
therein
lies our true strength and authenticity.
© 2015 JL Harter (photo/words)
