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Created on: November 17, 2008 Last Updated: January 05, 2009
As some of us go through our hectic lives, the only focus on our minds is just making it through the day. Having completed the day alive and unscathed, we sigh in relief as we prepare for the next day. I'm sure some people live from day to day never contemplating the "big picture" in the scheme of the development of the soul.
What is the big picture of life? How did we get here? Where do we go when we leave this world; and where will we end up? These are just some thoughts which parade around the vast spaces of our third dimensional mind. Another thought that also makes some of us ponder is "Why are we here in the first place?"
Contemplating these thoughts are enough to give you a major headache; or at least boggle the mind until you've become a full blown insomniac. These thoughts have to be taken in small doses and one at a time. I'll try to answer some of these questions (in a way) in this article.
Question number 1 - What "is" the big picture of life?
In my opinion; the big picture is all about the evolution of the soul. The soul is a never ending energy source which transmigrates from one existence to the next as it evolves and grows with each incarnation. What is done from one life to the next is decided by our "higher self," whom we merge with as we transition into the next life. What we experience in the next life is decided by the higher self; depending on what we learned from our previous existence.
Each life is a step by step progress in the development and growth of the soul. This would be compared to trying to skip three or four steps each time you went up a long staircase. Sooner or later you're going to miss a step and fall; which starts the whole process all over again. The best way to get up the staircase is to take each step one at a time; not missing any steps on the way.
Question number 2 - Where do we go when we leave here? If you hold to the theory of dimensional travel and ascension, the next stop would be the fourth dimension; that is if you achieved what you were supposed to experience in the third dimension; here on Earth.
Living in the third dimension is filled with trials and experiences as you struggle through a world filled with negativity. Earth has been quoted as the "Wastelands" a rehabilitation world. Passing from this dimension to the next dimension is not always as easy as it sounds. Many people pass from this world never achieving any more insight than when they arrived. So why should they move up the staircase to the next step;
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