RiverSnake Posted June 21, 2011 I was in Missouri at the Stillness-Movement seminar and happened to meet up with a member of the TaoBums (who will remain nameless). We were talking and she asked me why my screen-name was OldGreen. I told her that i like nature and admired hermits and that also since a very young age i have always felt old on the inside. She immediately agreed and said that she'd always felt very old since she was young at attributed it to so many past lives and reincarnations. I was wondering has anyone else felt this way of being an oldsoul? -Peace 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreytoWhite Posted June 21, 2011 My family members started calling me "Old Man" when I was 10. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adishakti Posted June 21, 2011 I used to believe I was a 'old' soul too, until I realised a 'soul' doesn't age. It doesn't have a male-female form either and hence waiting for ones 'soul-mate' could also be erroneous. Classifying someone as a new or an old soul involves our ego. I might be wrong, but then again that's my belief at the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MassTaoism Posted June 21, 2011 I feel the complete opposite, I'm 30 years old and yet there are times when I feel like I'm 15 or 16, its weird to me but I think a part of me will always have boyish tendancies even as I continue to age. There are times when I'm struck by the feeling that I'm wise beyond my years but for the most part I feel fairly youthful, I guess that's not really a bad thing when I stop to think about it, but still. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mYTHmAKER Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) I was in Missouri at the Stillness-Movement seminar and happened to meet up with a member of the TaoBums (who will remain nameless). We were talking and she asked me why my screen-name was OldGreen. I told her that i like nature and admired hermits and that also since a very young age i have always felt old on the inside. She immediately agreed and said that she'd always felt very old since she was young at attributed it to so many past lives and reincarnations. I was wondering has anyone else felt this way of being an oldsoul? -Peace Inside i feel ageless. Although i have been told i am an old soul. Could you describe how or in what way you feel old inside Edited June 21, 2011 by mYTHmAKER Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) I used to believe I was a 'old' soul too, until I realised a 'soul' doesn't age. It doesn't have a male-female form either and hence waiting for ones 'soul-mate' could also be erroneous. Classifying someone as a new or an old soul involves our ego. I might be wrong, but then again that's my belief at the moment. Hmnn, how about a 'matured' soul, who's been around the block a few times. Two of my kids seems like old souls. Tastes and preferences that run counter to prevailing norms. One son stopped eating meat at 7, spent 3 years wearing nothing but orange t-shirts, zero knowledge of anything eastern. Another who came out strangely blond and blue eyed, wanted to learn German!? We tried to talk him out of it, but he was very insistent. There was a school German trip, we said no. He really wanted to go, said he'd take no allowance, he'd pay us back for it, great learning opportunity etc. He'll be back in 4 days. Edited June 21, 2011 by thelerner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C T Posted June 21, 2011 Hmnn, how about a 'matured' soul, who's been around the block a few times. Two of my kids seems like old souls. Tastes and preferences that run counter to prevailing norms. One son stopped eating meat at 7, spent 3 years wearing nothing but orange t-shirts, zero knowledge of anything eastern. Another who came out strangely blond and blue eyed, wanted to learn German!? We tried to talk him out of it, but he was very insistent. There was a school German trip, we said no. He really wanted to go, said he'd take no allowance, he'd pay us back for it, great learning opportunity etc. He'll be back in 4 days. :) so nice.... you are blessed, Michael. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
de_paradise Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) Inside i feel ageless. Although i have been told i am an old soul. Could you describe how or in what way you feel old inside I know how you feel, its hard to pin down just why. When I think of my parents, I think of them as children. Or if I think of certain elderly people, I feel that they are younger when me. Its just some kind of f e eling, probably having to do with the behavior that reflects closeness to the Tao and the behavior that imply this. Or maybe something else, like a closer understanding to past lives and the lessons learned. Edited June 21, 2011 by de_paradise 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mYTHmAKER Posted June 21, 2011 I know how you feel, its hard to pin down just why. When I think of my parents, I think of them as children. Or if I think of certain elderly people, I feel that they are younger when me. Its just some kind of f e eling, probably having to do with the behavior that reflects closeness to the Tao and the behavior that imply this. Or maybe something else, like a closer understanding to past lives and the lessons learned. mYTHISmAKER thinks the older the soul and/or the more work you've done, the more you tend to feel ageless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
candide Posted June 21, 2011 I've read somewhere that "young" people engage with life and activities, while "old" people prefer to stand back and observe what's happening. I quite like that definition (and based on it I've always been an "old soul") Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strawdog65 Posted June 22, 2011 I used to believe I was a 'old' soul too, until I realised a 'soul' doesn't age. It doesn't have a male-female form either and hence waiting for ones 'soul-mate' could also be erroneous. Classifying someone as a new or an old soul involves our ego. I might be wrong, but then again that's my belief at the moment. Hi Adishakti! Yes... I agree. It is ageless. But experiences gleaned from countless iterations do leave their mark. So rather than an "old" soul how about calling it very "experienced"? Even that would be something we all share, for I doubt there are any "new" souls out there. We are just a bunch of recycled, immaterial entities, presently embodied. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
InfinityTruth Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) I had an akashic record reading, where the psychic said I had had lives as far back as 15,000 years ago. All the way back to Atlantis. I didn't ask if that was old, but it's nothing compared to like 40,000 years and beyond. Old soul I think is attributed to being a part of planet earth for a long period of time and knowing the way it works here. Edited June 22, 2011 by InfinityTruth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RiverSnake Posted June 22, 2011 Inside i feel ageless. Although i have been told i am an old soul. Could you describe how or in what way you feel old inside When i was young i felt like a simple observer, separate from others...always on another wavelength than the norm of society, in a way very much alone in my experience of life. -Within i often feel as if there is a door creeking and weary from over-use. I'm very young, energetic and a happy person...but inside i often feel weary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adishakti Posted June 22, 2011 Hi thelearner, such lovely children. Were you into cultivating the spirit when you had them? Also, what is the picture? I've always been curious - are you around termite mounds looking/photographing something? I realised that souls don't age when someone told me that I was a new soul. I didn't feel anything, maybe felt a little like a child who had to start over from standard one. Her reason was that old souls don't have delicate bodies. They have to be somewhat huge, "the container needs to be strong so it can take the force of Kundalini," she said. I realised this was coming from else where so didn't respond. Or maybe she had a point I thought later. I just focused on making the container strong. Hi strawdog65, what I do believe is in evolving souls. Sometimes if external situations don't allow you to grow in a certain lifetime - all the experiences from past life times can 'feel' useless. When someone evolved has a karma to finish with someone - the situation could either take them to a higher evolved consciousness or if they are not able to deal with it - then a regressed consciousness or maybe more likely a plateau. Sometimes, there is just no telling. As I write this I also realise the limitations of what I'm saying. We can speculate and if we are lucky to live longer (and wiser) we might relaise how far of the mark we probably have been. Hmnn, how about a 'matured' soul, who's been around the block a few times. Two of my kids seems like old souls. Tastes and preferences that run counter to prevailing norms. One son stopped eating meat at 7, spent 3 years wearing nothing but orange t-shirts, zero knowledge of anything eastern. Another who came out strangely blond and blue eyed, wanted to learn German!? We tried to talk him out of it, but he was very insistent. There was a school German trip, we said no. He really wanted to go, said he'd take no allowance, he'd pay us back for it, great learning opportunity etc. He'll be back in 4 days. Hi Adishakti! Yes... I agree. It is ageless. But experiences gleaned from countless iterations do leave their mark. So rather than an "old" soul how about calling it very "experienced"? Even that would be something we all share, for I doubt there are any "new" souls out there. We are just a bunch of recycled, immaterial entities, presently embodied. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
