in my childhood, people would occassionally tell me that I had an "old soul". evidentally, my mannerisms did not match my age. i was responsible, serious, perceptive, etc …
if one were to take reincarnation literally then an "old soul" is one that has been returning to earth for a thousand years … bringing with it the wisdom it has acquired over all that time.
yeah, i heard that one tooo…but, older, i'm sometimes told that i'm a bit childlike (not childish, child-like, filled with a lot of fascination, i suppose)—-
but 'old' and 'young' are just feeble methods of emotional cartography, methinks—ultimately they lose their meaning…
> in my childhood, people would occassionally tell me > that I had an "old > soul". evidentally, my mannerisms did not match my > age. i was > responsible, serious, perceptive, etc … > > if one were to take reincarnation literally then an > "old soul" is one > that has been returning to earth for a thousand > years … bringing with > it the wisdom it has acquired over all that time. > > david goldschmidt > > > > Eric Dymond wrote: > > >funny question from me: > >what is an old soul? > >what does that mean to you? > >+ > >-> post: [email protected] > >-> questions: [email protected] > >-> subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz > >-> give: http://rhizome.org/support > >-> visit: on Fridays the Rhizome.org web site is > open to non-members > >+ > >Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set > out in the > >Membership Agreement available online at > http://rhizome.org/info/29.php > > > > > > > > > > + > -> post: [email protected] > -> questions: [email protected] > -> subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz > -> give: http://rhizome.org/support > -> visit: on Fridays the Rhizome.org web site is > open to non-members > + > Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set > out in the > Membership Agreement available online at > http://rhizome.org/info/29.php >
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i dunno…people tend to say this as a kind of
catch-all way of describing any refinement of soul (i
gag using the word "refinemnt")…
what was the context?
me, i'd rather have a young soul—i'd rather i knew
absoplutely nothing (and who says i do know anything?)
bliss
l
— Eric Dymond <[email protected]> wrote:
> funny question from me:
> what is an old soul?
> what does that mean to you?
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in my childhood, people would occassionally tell me that I had an "old
soul". evidentally, my mannerisms did not match my age. i was
responsible, serious, perceptive, etc …
if one were to take reincarnation literally then an "old soul" is one
that has been returning to earth for a thousand years … bringing with
it the wisdom it has acquired over all that time.
david goldschmidt
Eric Dymond wrote:
>funny question from me:
>what is an old soul?
>what does that mean to you?
>+
>-> post: [email protected]
>-> questions: [email protected]
>-> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
>-> give: http://rhizome.org/support
>-> visit: on Fridays the Rhizome.org web site is open to non-members
>+
>Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
>Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>
>
>
>
yeah, i heard that one tooo…but, older, i'm
sometimes told that i'm a bit childlike (not childish,
child-like, filled with a lot of fascination, i
suppose)—-
but 'old' and 'young' are just feeble methods of
emotional cartography, methinks—ultimately they lose
their meaning…
bliss
l
— David Goldschmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
> in my childhood, people would occassionally tell me
> that I had an "old
> soul". evidentally, my mannerisms did not match my
> age. i was
> responsible, serious, perceptive, etc …
>
> if one were to take reincarnation literally then an
> "old soul" is one
> that has been returning to earth for a thousand
> years … bringing with
> it the wisdom it has acquired over all that time.
>
> david goldschmidt
>
>
>
> Eric Dymond wrote:
>
> >funny question from me:
> >what is an old soul?
> >what does that mean to you?
> >+
> >-> post: [email protected]
> >-> questions: [email protected]
> >-> subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> >-> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> >-> visit: on Fridays the Rhizome.org web site is
> open to non-members
> >+
> >Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set
> out in the
> >Membership Agreement available online at
> http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> +
> -> post: [email protected]
> -> questions: [email protected]
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> -> visit: on Fridays the Rhizome.org web site is
> open to non-members
> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set
> out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at
> http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
>
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Collective Writing Projects–> The Wiki–> http://www.lewislacook.com/wiki/ Appendix M ->http://www.lewislacook.com/AppendixM/
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