Today I started the new schedule I created yesterday using AI. Using the chatgpt has made things simpler and has gotten ideas synthesized much quicker. It's like Neo having that experiences and training plugged into his cortex in the Matrix. I created a daily plan that includes all my chores and the things I wanted to work on and the amount of time I would need to spend on each activity to complete a goal in a month's time. And then I can look at my progress to see what worked and what did not. This morning I am beginning my plan to write a research paper for myself on reincarnation.
I have allotted two hours this morning dedicated to researching my topic of reincarnation. The first thing I needed to know was what exactly is it? What is the fundamental elements of it? It is what I interpret as energy recycling through our existence here. I used to think on Earth, but my dreams on this matter have led me here. My experiences have reflected something much greater happening around me. The reincarnation model I was taught as a child was that we keep returning in our bodies to learn lessons here. I have been aware of this concept as my initial programming. There were things that did not jive with me about, so I always had doubt.
I have always wanted to connect to something greater than me without doubt. Have steadfast belief that was unwavering. It had not come in any of the religions I explored. Ideas never resonated deeply. If I were to be authentic and true to myself, I would acknowledge this. And I have. When I first started approaching the subject in my notes this morning, it only took reading a paragraph for questions to start arising. What was amazing was that I could simply type the question into the chat and it continues the information supply, integrating the questions. I was blown away at how fast I could access information and start to formulate thoughts around them. My first question in response to the general knowledge was what was the difference between a soul and spirit.
The AI answers with "soul or spirit" meaning there is a difference between the two in knowledge, or we would have one general term for it, in my thinking. As I started making my notes between the two, I realized the differences in my core belief, versus what has been around me. This is why there was a great struggle. The chat stated:
In Christianity, the soul is considered the eternal part of a person that faces judgment and potential salvation or damnation.In Hinduism and Buddhism, the soul (often referred to as atman in Hinduism) undergoes cycles of rebirth (samsara) influenced by karma.
It appears to me that in Christianity you have one go around here and that personal identity is judged forever on their action in the life time. In Hinduism, the atman goes through cycles of karma. One feels restrictive, the other expansive. In one the truth is taught to you, the other you learn from experience. My view of Christianity is jaded by the treatment I have received over my life from its followers. Very restrictive, controlling and dogmatic behavior, while behind closed doors doing everything evil they could. As long as they showed up on Sunday and said the words they were supposed to say, all would be fine, they were saved. Feeling the limitations put on me in the past by this belief system makes my stomach turn. And I tried to see it their way. It wasn't resonating. This meant that your experience here was extremely limited.
The branching of these two concepts was revealing to me. I pressed on in my research. When did we first have the notion of reincarnation? When did it first appear? It was in Vedas, 1500 BCE. In the Rigveda, the oldest of the Vedas. Even further back, 5000 BCE, the Egyptians wrote of the Ka and the Ba. The Spirit and the Personality. The difference between the two makes the most sense to me in terms of the Archetype and Higher Self. All sorts of questions begin to unfold. Where is the source of this higher self? The archetype is completely controlled by the physical here. It is starting to resonate more with me.
When I created my daily schedule, I asked AI to create an outline for me and time schedule to write a research paper on Reincarnation. Today, trying to choose a specific focus is hard. I think I would have to want to research the soul and spirit as it is referenced in Reincarnation, not as an overall belief or where it came from. What does it really mean? And what is the vehicle that makes this possible? My body, my mind and my spirit. That is what is capable of returning, but how is the body related to the spirit? Is this where the DNA is carried for the Spirit to tap into? And my physical attributes are just an expression of the "soul". Is the body the actual soul and the higher self the spirit that connects with the idea of One Consciousness?
It would seem that in the ancient Egyptian belief that the ultimate goal was to bring together Ka and Ba to become Akh, which was the ultimate goal in afterlife beliefs. In other words, our vital essence, the spirit and our personality, the soul unite to become "the effective or shining one", meaning fully realized. It would seem that to get this refinement, we would need to learn certain lessons during our lifetimes to ultimately be judged. The judging is the advancement of the spirit, to begin to unify with the overall One Source. To enable this process we need a vehicle for the spirit to learn in, which would be the body. This would appear to be where the overall ideas come from of returning to the body (which is the personality) and tap into the Spirit consciousness and work towards a higher transcendent state.
In order to accept these ideas, one would have to accept the idea that there is a difference between your soul and spirit and that there is something greater beyond this physical experience of form and emotion. This resonates with me in the idea that I do have a body that has a personality, an archetype, and spirit that is of a different archetype and I have a goal to create good, seek knowledge and enjoy this Earthly experience while I have the opportunity. In this moment, I am aware of this experience and navigating it successfully would seem to be the goal. My next question would be is the soul the archetype, and the spirit the God essence? Is that the DNA? Is this my higher self tapping into consciousness?
My mental explorations today have left me with the thought that perhaps I need to refine my questions. What is it I want to know? I feel like the time I have spent so far today has been beyond productive. I would not have been able to as easily researched all this and been able to ask these questions without the use of AI. The generation of a structure to follow has been extremely helpful.
