Yet more thoughts on this story... Might as well document my whole thoughts on it.
I like the idea of there being spirit guides more than the idea of there being elders. They're so much more parental and gentle - nudging you you softly into the next lifetime, rather than the elders ordering you to do something. It's strange to think that such a heavenly place has beings who dictate what you can and can't do. I would have liked to think that at some point in existence we wouldn't be controlled and be...free.
It is quite like a dictatorship - potentially what the elders say goes and if you disagree...well, they threatened to wipe his soul of all memories pertaining to his soulmate. I literally can't even perceive this as a punishment because it is so immoral. Terrible.
What started out as this amazing idea of reincarnation has vastly turned into Erubus -- hell. I mean, you spend lifetimes being reincarnated where you find your soulmate and learn all about the essence of life and what not, blissfully ignorant of the elders who at a whim can yank you out of the cycle and place you in an absurd place in the universe away from everything and everyone you know without your choice in the matter. Talk about a question for the would you rather game: would you rather not see the woman you loved for a thousand years or have all memories of her wiped from your mind?
I guess it's a little hit and miss for me. If you take away the elders and their seemingly useless role than this idea of reincarnation is intriguing. One aspect that I like the most is that when the soul gets reincarnated, they take on human form again, but the soul becomes unconscious - almost silent - and the human mind is a clean slate meaning that they have to go about re-discovering their soulmate and other souls they are fond of. Knowing that their are souls on Earth who you're close to, even if you're a lonely human, is quite comforting.
As the story moves on to chapter five, Zarad's spirit guide not only confesses the barbaric memory wipe the elders threatened but his own secretive thoughts on whether or not he trusts the elders - something fishy is going on. I'm also super excited that his guide said he would break the rules and help him get into contact with his soulmate and his soul friends when he's cast away.
As far as my thoughts on reincarnation go, this is the last of them! I'm just going to enjoy the story now.
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
I'm sorry for mentioning this story again but I really need to write about this author's ideas modern day reincarnation.
Being torn away from his soulmate, he is questing to discover the reason for it and has a chat with the elders* and they are vicious to say the least. They preach that love is a weakness and only younger souls should still possess it, except one of the female elders who scorns them by telling them not to discount the role of love in the eternal cycle.
"You must experience a break from this attachment in order to experience personal growth," explains the nice elder. But he completely rebels against the order. He has no desire to be parted from his soulmate. The nice elder tries to reassure him that he will be reunited with her and that they will be stronger than ever. Is that sort of like saying distance makes the heart grow fonder? Because I have a lot of thoughts about that.
If that wasn't bad enough, the black sheep of the flock of elders laughs in his face - his arrogance made me curse his character out loud. Apparently, it is a great honour to be taught this lesson. Can someone tell me how exactly being forced apart from your soulmate is an honour?
Then he realises the bigger picture: they are grooming him to become a guide and then an elder... Would you give up love for success? Even if he would be reunited with her...he would have to spend not one lifetime away from her but ten - a whole millennium apart from her!
Jealousy breaks out as he imagined his soulmate living a ten lifetimes with a new man obtaining her affections. Yet more suffering that he has to endure...
The author then decides, after the harsh words spoken by the elders, that it is his choice whether or not to go ahead with the change. I dislike when writers do this: make the reader believe that the character is being forced into something and then gives them a choice. Trickery.
*Is that a reference to Charmed? I just realised that the name and role of the characters are the same as what they are in Charmed...
Being torn away from his soulmate, he is questing to discover the reason for it and has a chat with the elders* and they are vicious to say the least. They preach that love is a weakness and only younger souls should still possess it, except one of the female elders who scorns them by telling them not to discount the role of love in the eternal cycle.
"You must experience a break from this attachment in order to experience personal growth," explains the nice elder. But he completely rebels against the order. He has no desire to be parted from his soulmate. The nice elder tries to reassure him that he will be reunited with her and that they will be stronger than ever. Is that sort of like saying distance makes the heart grow fonder? Because I have a lot of thoughts about that.
If that wasn't bad enough, the black sheep of the flock of elders laughs in his face - his arrogance made me curse his character out loud. Apparently, it is a great honour to be taught this lesson. Can someone tell me how exactly being forced apart from your soulmate is an honour?
Then he realises the bigger picture: they are grooming him to become a guide and then an elder... Would you give up love for success? Even if he would be reunited with her...he would have to spend not one lifetime away from her but ten - a whole millennium apart from her!
Jealousy breaks out as he imagined his soulmate living a ten lifetimes with a new man obtaining her affections. Yet more suffering that he has to endure...
The author then decides, after the harsh words spoken by the elders, that it is his choice whether or not to go ahead with the change. I dislike when writers do this: make the reader believe that the character is being forced into something and then gives them a choice. Trickery.
*Is that a reference to Charmed? I just realised that the name and role of the characters are the same as what they are in Charmed...
Soul Census
Does anyone believe in reincarnation?
Not going to lie, i've toyed with the thought of my soul, upon the death of my body, coming back to Earth in a different form.
I'm reading a story at the moment that has a brilliant perception of reincarnation.
A couple, naturally they'd be soulmates, who have found each other hundreds of times on Earth (and in the spirit world) finally find themselves losing one another - because all good things must come to an end, that is literally what one of the spirit guides said.
The woman is completely distraught by the separation because she finds herself unable to connect with her soulmate. I suppose that would be quite alarming. The thought of spending hundreds of lifetimes with someone only to be forced to separate is quite harsh.
The man kicks up a stink and finds an explanation as to why they can't connect with each other any longer and he is given a beautiful lesson demonstrated by a deer being eaten by a leopard.
His soul is developing, and he is being put on some sort of course where he needs to learn something important: if he passes the course then he will be reunited with his soulmate but if he fails then he will experience the heartache all over again. It's a pretty twisted way to force someone to learn something, isn't it?
I'm only up to chapter 2 out of 20 of the story and i'm insanely hooked on the readers perception of how souls work, develop, and move on. I feel as though by the end of this story I will be a firm believer in reincarnation.
Footnote: The opening of chapter three was about what happens to broken souls and that just terrified me; and the end of the chapter where the elders are telling him that he is chained by weakness and that weakness is love - how dare they? I understand that change is necessary to progress in life but to cut out love is too much of a change to ask anyone to do. If I was being made to let go of love, i'd want a better explanation than that.
Footnote: The opening of chapter three was about what happens to broken souls and that just terrified me; and the end of the chapter where the elders are telling him that he is chained by weakness and that weakness is love - how dare they? I understand that change is necessary to progress in life but to cut out love is too much of a change to ask anyone to do. If I was being made to let go of love, i'd want a better explanation than that.
Monday, 12 August 2013
If ever I have a son, this will be their birds and the bees talk:
Big Poppa E. - “How To Make Love”
One: Buy condoms. Buy them and keep them with you at all times, and use them before you are asked to use them. And use them every time. The peace of mind you allow your partner will free her to be vulnerable with you, and that, my son, is exactly what sex is about. Condoms are sexy. In fact, call buying condoms foreplay.
(Footnote: If you are too embarrassed to buy condoms, you are not ready to have sex.)
Two: Kissing is not merely foreplay. Spend entire evenings making out on the couch while fully clothed. Believe me, dry-humping rocks.
Three: Sex is not just about friction. It’s about emotion. Stop trying to find her clitoris and find her heart. Because then she’ll help you find her clitoris.
Four: If you really wanna know how to please a woman, ask her how she masturbates. Then do that. A lot. If she claims she doesn’t masturbate, offer to take her shopping for a vibrator so you can both learn the vocabulary of her body together.
Five: Don’t put anything in her butthole you wouldn’t want in your own.
(Footnote: Try a pinky finger, it’s kinda awesome.)
Six: When you go down on her—and you will go down on her, and if you are my son, you will be amazing at it—tell her how good she tastes. Stop in the middle and kiss her deeply so she knows how good she tastes. Do the same when she goes down on you.
Seven: A simple Google search will yield 1,327 euphemisms for male masturbation, yet only 23 for female masturbation. If guys spent less time jacking off and more time jilling off, this world would be a happier place.
Eight: Everything you need to know about the importance of the clitoris is in the movie Star Wars. You are Luke Skywalker piloting your penis-shaped X-Wing Fighter deep inside her trench. Remember: seventy percent of all Death Stars cannot be blown up through penetration of the trench alone. It must be through focused contact with that little exhaust port at the top of the trench. Otherwise, any explosions you experience will be merely Hollywood special effects.
Nine: Just because you come doesn’t mean she has, so don’t you dare come before her. Focus completely on your partner. Don’t worry about gettin’ yours, you’re a guy. You always get yours. Your job is to make sure she’s gettin’ hers.
Ten: If sex with your partner lasts no longer than this poem, you are not making love. You are masturbating with her body instead of your hand. Shame on you. Go back to step one. You’ve got a lot of learning to do.
Love, Dad.
Big Poppa E. - “How To Make Love”
One: Buy condoms. Buy them and keep them with you at all times, and use them before you are asked to use them. And use them every time. The peace of mind you allow your partner will free her to be vulnerable with you, and that, my son, is exactly what sex is about. Condoms are sexy. In fact, call buying condoms foreplay.
(Footnote: If you are too embarrassed to buy condoms, you are not ready to have sex.)
Two: Kissing is not merely foreplay. Spend entire evenings making out on the couch while fully clothed. Believe me, dry-humping rocks.
Three: Sex is not just about friction. It’s about emotion. Stop trying to find her clitoris and find her heart. Because then she’ll help you find her clitoris.
Four: If you really wanna know how to please a woman, ask her how she masturbates. Then do that. A lot. If she claims she doesn’t masturbate, offer to take her shopping for a vibrator so you can both learn the vocabulary of her body together.
Five: Don’t put anything in her butthole you wouldn’t want in your own.
(Footnote: Try a pinky finger, it’s kinda awesome.)
Six: When you go down on her—and you will go down on her, and if you are my son, you will be amazing at it—tell her how good she tastes. Stop in the middle and kiss her deeply so she knows how good she tastes. Do the same when she goes down on you.
Seven: A simple Google search will yield 1,327 euphemisms for male masturbation, yet only 23 for female masturbation. If guys spent less time jacking off and more time jilling off, this world would be a happier place.
Eight: Everything you need to know about the importance of the clitoris is in the movie Star Wars. You are Luke Skywalker piloting your penis-shaped X-Wing Fighter deep inside her trench. Remember: seventy percent of all Death Stars cannot be blown up through penetration of the trench alone. It must be through focused contact with that little exhaust port at the top of the trench. Otherwise, any explosions you experience will be merely Hollywood special effects.
Nine: Just because you come doesn’t mean she has, so don’t you dare come before her. Focus completely on your partner. Don’t worry about gettin’ yours, you’re a guy. You always get yours. Your job is to make sure she’s gettin’ hers.
Ten: If sex with your partner lasts no longer than this poem, you are not making love. You are masturbating with her body instead of your hand. Shame on you. Go back to step one. You’ve got a lot of learning to do.
Love, Dad.
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