What is the legitimate personal psychology behind the spiritual 'phenomenon' of the "old soul"?
I don’t know if this will answer your question or not. An old soul is the result of much wisdom. Wisdom is not usually a sudden gift, but one that comes as the result of many years of deep contemplative thinking. When you are dedicated to understanding you make understanding an art form and your thinking is actually as much a pleasurable past time as any other pleasurable past time can be. But it is also wrought with difficulties as all things are. For the dedicated thinker who yearns for the knowing and understanding of life’s mysteries and the mysteries of the universe, often times, personal emotions get in the way, personal feelings, opinions and judgments also cloud the objectifying process. But sometimes too, the information itself that you are using as the food that you will analyze and contemplate is confounding. Despite it’s challenges, as you travel the journey of intrinsic knowing, you will find you are also traveling through the dimensions of the mind. Each state ...