The answer is that souls can’t literally be given an age, however, figuratively we all possess different levels of soulful maturity. Soulful maturity is basically our ability to connect with the essence of who we are beyond our socially conditioned identities.
According to the Soul Age theory, a soul’s age is based on the levels of advancement it achieves during its reincarnational journey. Soul age is a measurement of the stages a soul goes through as it accumulates new experiences, makes choices, and learns life lessons.
Some say that souls can’t literally be given an age, but that we all have different levels of soulful maturity. Soulful maturity is the ability to connect with the essence of who we are beyond our socially conditioned identities.
Some say that you can tell if you’re an old soul by looking at your hands. If your hands have many lines on them, and look old and wrinkly, that is a good indication that you’re an old soul.
Here are some signs that you might be an old soul:
- You make time to be alone
- Knowledge, truth, and wisdom are your sanctuary
- Spirituality is an integrated part of who you are
- The past feels like it’s a part of you
- You aren’t materialistic
- Middle and high school friends were few and/or far between
- Overflowing with wisdom from a young age
Some say that learning about soul age can help us to understand and love ourselves and others without judgement
Some say that spiritual growth involves three stages of development: Purgative stage, Illuminative stage, Unitive stage.
These stages are not perfectly linear, but they tend to mirror the stages of human development: childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
Some say that a person’s consciousness level is measured by how much an incarnating soul is spiritually awake. Spiritual advancement is not directly related to Soul Age, but merely an estimate.
Some say that soul growth is life’s purpose. While it may come more naturally to a small minority who are highly evolved, most others can get there if they make a conscious effort. Some ways to facilitate soul growth include doing something creative.
The Five Soul CyclesThey undergo is a structured development — a structured way of learning. The Souls go through the five stages of being an Infant Soul, a Child Soul, a Young Soul, A Mature Soul, and Old Soul, until they realize their Buddhahood, Krishnahood or Christ Consciousness
According to Dr. Ritu Agarwal, the first five stages of soul evolution are the infant soul, the baby soul, the young soul, the matured soul, and the old soul. The sixth soul is the transcendental soul, and the seventh is the infinite soul
According to Pyramid Valley, the five soul cycles can be matched to the five dimensions of being:
- Infant Soul: Body level
- Child Soul: Mind level
- Young Soul: Intelligence level
- Mature Soul: Soul level
- Old Soul: Spirit level
According to David Carroll and Harry R. Moody, the five stages of the soul are call, search, struggle, breakthrough, and return.
According to Michael Mirdad, the soul transformation process includes: Dismantling, Emptiness, Disorientation, Re-building, A new life.
According to wikiHow, an old soul can mean someone has lots of empathy, mental acuity, intuition, and insight into themselves and the world around them. Old souls are generally seen as understanding, thoughtful, patient, and extremely wise.
According to Hinduism, the cycle of reincarnation, or samsara, includes fourstages: birth, life, death, and rebirth. After death, the soul in the astral body moves on, while the physical body dies. Hindus believe that a person can be reborn many times, with each life determined by their karma. This cycle of reincarnation continues until the person achieves liberation, or moksha
According to Buddhism, there are six realms of existence, or samsara, that a person can be reborn into:
- Gods: (deva)
- Demi-gods: (asura)
- Humans: (manuṣa)
- Animals: (tiryak)
- Hungry ghosts: (preta)
- Hell denizens: (naraka)
According to the University of Bristol, Buddhism also has five or six possible forms of rebirth, from highest to lowest:
Gods, Demi-gods, Humans, Animals, Hungry ghosts, Hell creatures
According to early Jaina texts, reincarnation into a new body is instantaneous after death. However, Tibetan Buddhists believe that there is an in-between stage called the bardo that can last up to 49 days. Theravada Buddhists believe that rebirth can be immediate.
According to Hinduism, the soul may be reborn immediately into a new body or may spend time in devaloka before its rebirth. Devloka is the place where gods and goddesses live.
Reincarnation is the religious or philosophical belief that the soul or spirit begins a new life in a new body after biological death. The new body may be human, animal, or spiritual, depending on the moral quality of the previous life’s actions.
The cycle of reincarnation, or samsara, is a cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth. In Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, all living things go through this cycle
In Hinduism, the soul is eternal and part of a spiritual realm. The soul will complete the cycle of reincarnation many times, learning new things and working through its karma.
In Buddhism, the ultimate aim of practice is to become free from samsara.
The cycle of reincarnation is seen as a cycle of rebirth in a temporal world of always changing reality. The cycle is driven by desires, which result in actions that lead to experiences. Memories of past experiences re-emerge into fresh desire, keeping the cycle going
Infant souls generally find modern, technology-driven society too complex and threatening, preferring the comforting simplicity of traditional lifestyles in natural or pastoral environments. Those who do live within a modern society will tend to live on the fringes. They almost never commit premeditated crimes, but because they lack the moral conscience and “civilised standards” of Baby souls, they can easily transgress accepted moral standards without a second thought, resorting to violent acts of incredible ferocity as a simple means of self-preservation
According to Dictionary.com, an old soul is a person, especially a child or young person, who demonstrates maturity, understanding, or seriousness that is typical of someone much older
According to Weston Jolly, kids who are old souls use their curiosity to learn, but they are also very determined to acknowledge what things are missing in the universal way that they see things. They are also very collaborative in nature
According to the 1997 book The Five Stages of the Soul, the soul goes through five stages: The Call, The Search, The Struggle, The Breakthrough, The Return.
The book builds on the idea of stages in spiritual growth, which was described by Fowler in 1981.
The life cycle of the human soul includes:
Incarnation, Conception, Birth, Death, Hereafter, Reincarnation.
According to Eastern philosophy, the soul is surrounded by five koshas, which can be visualized as layers of an onion or a matryoshka.
Plato believed that the soul has three parts: rational, spirited, and appetitive.
Some believe that humans have two or more souls: the “body soul” and the “free soul”. The body soul is linked to bodily functions and awareness when awake, while the free soul can wander during sleep or trance states
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