Before you read any further first take a look at this brief scene with Morgan Freeman from The Shawshank Redemption.
This scene was the first thing that came up into my mind when I thought about the fact that the person you once was…
…isn’t here anymore.
Wasn’t there.
Did not exist.
It wasn’t YOU!
Though it doesn’t really matter how old you are it’s more imaginable for those of you who can look back at a time range of at least 10 years.
You don’t have to believe in any religion to describe what makes you tick as a ghost, soul, mind or whatever. I prefer to call it soul in this case.
Think about an event that took place years ago. Something from your childhood, your college days or labor days that are long gone. A fact is that the physical person you are today did not experience this event. Your whole body is regenerating over and over again. The saying goes that a total regenerating takes something about 7 years. You see, not even one of your hairs did exist the time when the even took place you just decided to remember. The persons who where involved in that event don’t exist in the same physical way anymore either.
That’s not all. Also your soul had undergo some changes. Depending on your personal development you now recognize that today you have a total different mind set. In the ideal case you grown out of patterns that you, while thinking back on your wild times, today find totally ridiculous.
Personally I think that it’s worth thinking about and it can make things easier today. And I think it’s a kind of proof of the existence of what we call a soul or however we feel comfortable to call it. The ex-lover you remember doesn’t exist anymore, although you met her again on facebook. The boss YOU didn’t like back then doesn’t exist anymore. The earlier YOU doesn’t exist anymore.
It wasn’t your TODAY’S YOU! Continue the universe is in motion and so are you.