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izodesmozina
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posted May 25, 2007 04:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for izodesmozina     Edit/Delete Message
Hello knowflakes!

I was wondering what might be the characteristics of an evolved soul. How shoul he/she look, think, act, love; how does his/her astrological chart look like, what numerological profile is he/she more likely to have? Does intelligence come with the teritory? Does fame? Will he/she have it easy in life or, on contrary, more difficult than the rest of us?
How can we recognize such a person? I would like to hear your opinions on the matter.

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posted May 25, 2007 04:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BlueRoamer     Edit/Delete Message
They don't poop anymore. The waste slowly evaporates from their skin over time.

They don't have to cut their hair, its always the perfect length.

One drop of their blood can cure cancer and AIDS.

They can kung fu kick evil so hard they land in next Tuesday.

They sell their urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.

They dont' need to swallow when eating food.

They do not use spell check. If they happen to misspell a word, Oxford will simply change the actual spelling of it.

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izodesmozina
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posted May 25, 2007 05:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for izodesmozina     Edit/Delete Message
How about giving a serious answer?

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posted May 25, 2007 05:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BlueRoamer     Edit/Delete Message
That was a serious answer.

One of the characteristics of evolved souls is a gentle/non caustic sense of humor.

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jupitersgirl
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posted May 25, 2007 05:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jupitersgirl     Edit/Delete Message
I think the most obvious characteristics of evolved souls are being peaceful, calm and forgiving. What do you think?

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InLoveWithLife
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posted May 25, 2007 05:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for InLoveWithLife     Edit/Delete Message
izo, i don't know the answer, but i can share what my view is on this. (ie, what kind of a person i wud consider 'evolved' ).

gentleness, as BR mentioned. an empathy that you can see in their eyes. their eyes are the window to their soul. (aren't everybody's ?). but when you look into theirs you would find compassion, playfulness, depth....i would think that they have mastered to some extent the secret of being happy. of course no one can be happy all the time. but they would seem more 'content' as compared to other folk, less harried and stressed out may be? they would not try to control others, or change others, but accept them just as they are.

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posted May 25, 2007 05:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jupitersgirl     Edit/Delete Message
I agree with ILWL. They give out positive energy.

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Mirandee
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posted May 25, 2007 07:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mirandee     Edit/Delete Message

Wheeeeee!! I'm dying here.

That has to be your personal best, BR. Have to save that one.

Sorry, Izo hope I didn't offend you but BR's sense of humor is so refreshing to me and well, he leaves me in stitches from laughing many times. Just about fell out of my chair when I read that first line of his.

I agree with everything that has been said here about the characteristics of an evolved soul and I do think that having a sense of humor is one of those characteristics.

Positive energy, yes, ILWL and jupitersgirl. And there is no energy more positive then laughter and the ability to make others laugh and cheer them up.


See, this guy is laughing along with you, BR


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izodesmozina
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posted May 26, 2007 03:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for izodesmozina     Edit/Delete Message
Sense of humor, yes. Mocking, no.
But then again, everybody's sense of humor is different.

Very nice said, InLoveWithLife! I agree that they emanate a sense of gentleness. However, I always had a problem with the statement that the eyes are the window to one's soul ~ though I agree with it. People seem to attribute an absolute value to this. But what kind of soul do the blind people have? How about the ones with cataract?
But, as I said, I do agree with this statement, if taken with a grain of salt. We should look beyond the surface to see a man's true value, not just contamplate the beauty of their eyes. It is more about what they express, not how they look like.
[Sorry for ranting about this, it has nothing to do with you, ILWL; I just have a personal problem with this statement]

<<but they would seem more 'content' as compared to other folk, less harried and stressed out may be?>>
I agree. More peaceful, I suppose. And they seem to enjoy the simple things in life.

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Mirandee
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posted May 26, 2007 12:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mirandee     Edit/Delete Message
Agreed about mocking but I don't think BR has the intentions of mocking most times. His sense of humor grows on you. It's the unexpected timing he has that cracks me up. Being a Taurus that is what gets me laughing. The best jokes are the ones where you can't predict the punch line.

I think that the saying, " The eyes are the window of the soul, " means that you can see the soul is reflected in people's eyes. I don't think that blindness or cataracs would prevent the soul showing through in the eyes of the person but it's a good point that you make about that. I never thought about that until you mentioned it here. Gives me something to think about.

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posted May 26, 2007 02:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BlueRoamer     Edit/Delete Message
My response was slightly flippant.

But I have a reason for it. Who are we to judge who is more or less evolved? Even across species? Are humans more evolved than a cockroach? Someone might argue no, as the cockroach is better adapted for survival.

Who makes the criteria of what is evolved? What sort of morals are we brainwashed with that teach us that whoever fits into our "moral" system is more evolved?

This idea will vary greatly across cultures. It's a legitimate question but the word "evolved" leaves a lot to be desired. Humans are always looking to put things in a hierarchy. Ranking isn't always necessary, sometimes people just are.

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posted May 26, 2007 04:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mirandee     Edit/Delete Message
Would agree 100% with you on determining who is more evolved, BR

In fact on the Astrology board where Izo also posted this thread I pretty much said the same thing that you just said here about that.

Actually according to some of the characteristics that have been cited there are many people throughout history that later were canonized saints who wouldn't have measured up.

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posted May 26, 2007 07:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BlueRoamer     Edit/Delete Message
Yep.

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InLoveWithLife
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posted May 26, 2007 07:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for InLoveWithLife     Edit/Delete Message
BR,

being humans we are going to judge, no matter what. when we say that we feel that someone is spiritually evolved, then we admire that person, according to whatever value system we have. i don't see anything wrong with it.

Don't tell me you don't put people into categories. don't you ever say. 'ahh, tht guy is so confident!', or 'ohh, now this is a very belligerent person'. what's wrong with thinking that someone is spiritually evolved? its not like you are going to fall at their feet and worship them. if anything, you will listen carefully to what they have to say, and give them more attention than u wud to your average cockroach.

why don't we have the right to do it ?

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posted May 26, 2007 07:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for InLoveWithLife     Edit/Delete Message
I just see it as saying 'what type of person would you like to emulate'.

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Mirandee
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posted May 26, 2007 11:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mirandee     Edit/Delete Message
Oh, yes, ILWL, we all make judgments about other people and everything else. We make judgments every day.

Now some fundalmentalist is going to come in and say the Bible says we aren't supposed to judge or make judgments about other people. So I may as well say it now. In Scripture Jesus was talking about condemning others. Words have taken on different meanings through time. Jesus was not talking about making judgments or he wouldn't have said at another time, " You can tell a tree by it's fruit. A good tree does not produce bad fruit." In another instance he said," what comes out of a man's mouth is what is in his heart."

Yes we can make judgments. What I was talking about is assigning certain characteristics. Basically you can just tell how spiritual a person is the way Jesus described it, look at the actions of the person on the whole, allowing of course, for the person's humanity in that he/she might goof up and do something stupid once in awhile. Mostly, very spiritual people practice all of the virtues. But still, they can mess up at times and do things contrary to those virtues.

What I was saying is that in fact, at one point in their lives or another, most of the saints and people we would say are highly spiritual, sinned drastically in their lives.

It's okay to judge people and what they say and do but we can't really judge the state of the souls of other people because only God can see into the souls of all of us.

Plus, this world is full of images. It's so easy for people to fake the characteristics that we would think show an evolved soul while in their hearts and souls they may be far from being an evolved soul. People do that all the time. Jesus referred to those people as "wolves in sheep's clothing."

The only way that we can truly judge is by looking at the lives of these people on the whole, allowing for goof ups now and then, and even then we can be easily fooled so I think it is pointless to assign characteristics for that reason. Even our judgments may be wrong. But God's never are so I just feel it is best to leave it to him judge the souls and spiritaul states of others.

I liked what Mystic Melody said about it. We are all "evolving souls." I think that is true, none of us have arrived yet and I think we never will because the universe and everything else is constantly evolving and will for infinity. I think ours souls will do the same long after we leave this veil of tears.

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posted May 27, 2007 11:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for InLoveWithLife     Edit/Delete Message
Mirandee, I see your point.

But my value judgments are not based on any set rules. I am spiritual but not religious. i am a Hindu by birth, but probably more buddhist by temperament than anything else. you could say that i have my own religion.

perhaps the confusion arose because of the use of the word 'soul'. I wasn't judging anyone's soul. at the soul level, we are all innocent, we are all pure.

No, i did not mean that an evolved soul was always evolved, or will never make any mistakes. i did not mean that that person has attained perfection. i just meant that probably that person has learnt many of life's lessons successfully. probably for me that person holds a lot of wisdom, and can help me to have greater understanding of myself.

perhaps this person is in touch with their heart, with the godliness in them and others, perhaps this person radiates positive energy and confidence and personal power for these very reasons.

i did not mean any saints. i haven't seen them, or met them. i can't relate to them. i meant people from my daily life. a friend, a coworker, a teacher.

we are all evolving, so it is possible that they may learn from me, while i learn from them. they might have mastered lessons i am struggling with, and vice versa.

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posted May 27, 2007 06:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mirandee     Edit/Delete Message
I would agree, ILWL. What you described about people in our daily lives, I think we just know when we are in the presence of people like you described that they are most definitely on a spiritual path.

I would agree that it just shows in the countenance, along with the consistent actions of spiritual people.

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posted May 27, 2007 11:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mannu     Edit/Delete Message
- They emanate peace. Such is there presence. Just as theres sun all around us and we go to a tree to feel the shade.

Did any one watch Heroes? Theres this character from Haiti I think. He nullifies, everyone's thoughts. The chattering just stops. So true

- Their emotions are not directed towards others but they stop and experience it and turn inwards. Not sure if it makes sense.

- Most evolved souls, pick up a earthly vice to stay connected to the body. Osho was said to be barely hanging to his body.


- Their judgement is balanced with compassion (as my friend Fayte puts it )

From an Ape to a human was a giant leap , and may have taken millions of years of evolution. Humanity is the best of the body we can have. I guess the next evolution is drop that very body and take on a spriritual garment.

What happens next i do not know. Life will unfold, at its time.


Cheers.


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posted May 27, 2007 11:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mannu     Edit/Delete Message

Does any one believe that some of the Aliens visit earth to study our lives, and perhaps to get our genes and use it to cure some of their own version of diseases like SARS, hiv etc...

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posted May 31, 2007 08:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lotusheartone     Edit/Delete Message
Signs of an evolved Soul...

An evolved Soul, knows that we are all children of MOther and Father God, that we are all equal, and deserve equal treatment.

Such a Soul, like Jesus, would not have treated the disciples, and his family, better than anyOne else, he would not give hearts and Love Signs to just his chosen few, he would not exclude anyOne, for all are part of his Family.

An evolved Soul can see the big picture, and knows we are all connected, and that no One should be treated better than anyOne else. That no One should be excluded, ever, and given special treatment.

An evolved Soul does not feed the Negative, he/she brings LOve and Light and Magic to ALL.

One big happy family!

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posted May 31, 2007 09:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lotusheartone     Edit/Delete Message
I should add,
they don't live in the past, and continiously bring up the past, or things to hurt people on purpose, they move forward, knowing that each new day brings everyOne a clean slate, for all to start from. ...

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posted May 31, 2007 10:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lotusheartone     Edit/Delete Message
they stop living in the past, and past regrets, for the past is done, and can't be changed, they don't bring up things to hurt people on purpose for their past actions, they give everyone a clean slate, each new dawn, Day!

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posted May 31, 2007 10:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lotusheartone     Edit/Delete Message
They are not part of the butt-lickers club, did you know flies like crap, Lord of the Flies!
They do not show favoritism! They know all are equal. ...

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posted May 31, 2007 10:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lotusheartone     Edit/Delete Message
They do not worship us humans(mere Mortal, body temples), only the One and Only True GOD!

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