The recent birth of my son got me thinking more about birth and its implications in this universe of real, living, individual deities and spirits. The existence of a multitude of spiritual forms leads us to understand the real existence of our own spirits, and the multitude of ways they come into being and continue existence. If the gods are many, then so are the human spirits in the universe. If the realities of existence are many, then there must be a multitude of ways to exist.
There are many, many individual beings that we call deities. These beings permeate the universe and provide part of its structure. They must be different and independent in order to give strength to the universe and meaning to its existence.
With this multitude of deities, they need to be connected to other deities, and other spirits. The connections help fill out the substance of the universe. Since the existence of beings other than deities is patently obvious in our universe, those beings must also have connections to the broader structure, else they could not exist. I have observed on numerous occasions the interwoven energetic ties that enmesh human beings and link them to deities and spirits.
When a human person is born into physical existence, the soul that interweaves itself with the physical matrix brings with it pre-existing ties to other spiritual entities. Those entities may be deities, other humans, or any of the broad myriad of other spiritual beings. These pre-existing ties will change as the person continues on their path of existence. But some always remain, on some level. One of the things I have seen is that every person I have worked with has a deep energetic tie to one or more specific deities. That tie does not go away although it may be more or less obvious at different times.
So when a new little person goes through birth, he or she brings along these links. The reality of the soul before birth influences when the spiritual matrix begins to mesh into the physical matrix. The soul can enmesh with the body at any time during gestation, from the moment of conception to the moment of drawing the first breath. It does not happen at the same time for each soul.
I say this, having watched numerous women during the gestation period, and having closely observed the growth of my own two boys in the womb. With my sons, one did ensoul sooner than the other. In fact, the difference scared me some with my youngest, because it was different from the first time. I wasn’t expecting it to happen when it did.
So I have been musing on the nature of birth, and the way in which the complexity of the universe makes it hard to make absolute statements or predictions about gestation and birth. As the OB kept telling us, “Each pregnancy, and each birth, is its own thing. Never think otherwise.”
More thoughts to come.