I should add:

In the beginning before time-that-isn't-time there was light. The light was at the center of ALL. The light is/was ALL.

When the light decided to travel beyond its center, it grew the spirals as the way to reach out into every possible corner of the universe.

If one of the arms of a spiral, or any dots along the spiral (that would be us) dies, it gets absorbed back into the center of light/energy to be available for future creations. This is why religions rise and ebb. The light is always there, but it takes different forms. This is also why so many of the same Truths arise in various times and cultures -- they all emanate from the same center.

That is also how I understand reincarnation. The light that inhabits this physical form will return to the center, and eventually be born into another physical form. The light will still be me, though. "Soul" to me is that light.

[ September 03, 2005, 06:24 AM: Message edited by: meredithbead ]