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What If the People We Meet Are Not Strangers?
Life is full of mystery and inexplicable things. Many of the things we cannot explain
are connected to relationships, connections and our interactions with others.
For example, when we meet someone for the first time, we are rarely completely
indifferent towards them. We may feel attracted to them, strangely familiar with them,
or simply dislike them without really knowing why. We do this before we know
anything about the person, and it probably happens more often than we admit. Some
of it can be explained by how somebody looks, moves, sounds or behaves, or by an
unconscious association with someone we already know. But sometimes our
reaction feels more intense than physical impressions alone can explain.
This is where, for me, the distinction between the physical body and the soul
becomes important. Our bodies already carry things we did not consciously acquire
ourselves. We inherit traits, instincts and biological patterns from those who came
before us, and some of our reactions may have roots much deeper than our own
remembered experiences. But beyond the body, I believe there is also a soul. We
often talk about someone having a rich soul, particularly when they have a deep
capacity for empathy. Sometimes I wonder whether the experiences of one lifetime
alone are enough to explain that.
What if the soul carries memories from previous lives too? What if some of our
reactions, feelings of familiarity or even unexplained prejudices do not come only
from what we inherited or experienced in this life, but from memories belonging to
the soul itself?
We meet people who affect us, and people whom we affect in return. We all have our
own path, but perhaps we need other people from time to time to adjust its trajectory.
If at least one of the two people meeting needs that adjustment, something may
activate between them, creating a kind of pull or push. If both need the alteration, the
reaction may be more intense, and their relationship can grow into something far
more significant than two strangers simply meeting.
The path I am talking about is also a learning curve. If we learn from the lessons the
people around us bring us, perhaps we won't have to repeat the same experience.
But if we do not learn, and that lesson matters to our journey, we may meet similar
people and experience similar situations again and again until something finally
changes. For that, the memories of the soul could be essential. Perhaps they quietly
help us from the hidden corners of our minds, whispering through our hunches,
instincts, and gut feelings.
One of my own unshakable relationships pushed me towards the remarkable journey
that eventually became Lord March Rain: The Borders of Existence. I wanted to
explore the meaning of a connection that would not let me go. Seeing the world
through the eyes of Lord March Rain helped me tremendously, and I honestly hope that the journey will help others too. If you read the book and find yourself asking questions, perhaps one of them will lead somewhere useful.
And it may begin with a very simple question:
What if the person I met is not a stranger?