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You have heard it said, we are wondrously made in darkness. It does begin in darkness. A nebulous cloud of helium, clumping begins. Secret handshakes that draw some in, push some out. Orbits are defined as easily as relationships. It’s all relationship all the time.
Have you ever wondered, how can a soul ever repay Karma if with every life we accrue more Karmic debt. At best, it might be wash. If you’re lucky. I have been told in the past that I am an old soul. Anyone who really knew me, to the core of me, would likely not make that assumption given the number of ‘rookie’ mistakes I have made. I continue to make them. Even now I am summoning the song ‘Galileo’ by the Indigo Girls, thinking “how long till my soul gets it right.”
It could millions of years. Hundreds of millions of years. Granted, I may not be struggling as much as I imagine. I can imagine some pretty awful things, and I am aware enough that many times my thinking is not aligned with reality. I have had it easier than many. Maybe even most. That’s not a measure of advancement. My footprint may not be large, but there is still an impression. I am not a diver taking pictures and leaving bubbles.
Social debt is a real thing. It means something. It probably doesn’t mean what we think it means. And maybe the accrual of social debt is necessary- it shows engagement, for starters. It shows we’re trying. It reveals a willingness to play and to be responsible. Responsibility may not mean what we think it means.
