Perceiving Soul Ages and Patterns From a Different Perspective
Updated: Aug 15
In my current awareness, the soul may connect with all other lives in the present, since linear time is an illusion.
Consciousness has never separated from the Tao, the Whole. Only perception shifts.
In Messages from Michael by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro there is a clear descriptive map. This map includes categories of soul ages, the seven essence roles and the temporary overleaves - goal, mode, attitude, centres and chief feature.
I use the pendulum charts created based on the book to discover patterns and blockages.
One may become aware of previously unknown patterns and behaviour and thus may choose to change their views or actions.
Every pendulum chart feature has both positive and negative aspects that can be investigated within. Identifying and accepting a blockage is a possibility to let go of these limiting patterns.
Soul Ages and Patterns Discovered Through Pendulum Charts
According to the framework in Messages from Michael these are some categories on the pendulum charts that I use:
Infant / Baby Soul
Motto: “Let’s not do this.” Limited perception and scope. New experiences can feel frightening or exciting. Simple existence.
Child / Baby Soul
Motto: “Do it right or don’t do it at all.” Conservative, strong early beliefs, rigid adherence to rules, fundamentalistic views.
Young Soul
Motto: “Do it like me.” Ambitious, driven to act and bring change, high physical energy, focus on personal impact and achievement.
Mature Soul
Motto: “Do it somewhere else.” Intuitive, seeks deep insights, highly empathetic, forms deep connections, often experiences intensity in relationships.
Old Soul
Motto: “Do what you want, and I will do what I want.” Philosophical, relaxed approach, deep connection to nature, focus on wider context and universal truths.
Transcendental Soul
Rare. Brings profound spiritual truths, establishes telepathic bonds and psychic unions.
Infinite Soul
Very rare. WHOLE/ ALL THAT IS, pure (undistorted) truth.
These are not fixed identities or labels. They simply explore how perception can shift.
Old Soul, Mature Soul, Young Soul - What These Perceptions Mean
According to the framework in Messages from Michael and later material from the same source, the appearance of the categories among the human population is roughly:
Infant ≈ 10%
Baby ≈ 23%
Young ≈ 32%
Mature ≈ 24%
Old ≈ 11%
Possible Benefits of Understanding Soul Ages and Patterns
Looking at soul ages, roles and overleaves as current perception can offer:
Clarity about current patterns
One may not be aware of the current patterns. Looking at them can simply make visible what is yet unknown.
A practical mirror
A clear way to notice limiting patterns and blockages when they appear.
Support for daily attention
Help in admitting what is present and simply shift attention.
Greater understanding
A fuller picture of the tendencies that are active in this moment.
Room for change
When one recognises something previously unknown it becomes evident and thus one’s awareness may shift to more conscious. In every moment one has a choice how to act or what choices to make in any given situation.
Recognition of wider context
Understanding that these are not fixed labels of who someone is. They simply describe how one may perceive at any given moment and one has full capacity to recognise and release certain tendencies or repeated behaviour.
Roles, Overleaves and Limiting Patterns
The same material from Messages from Michael also describes the seven essence roles and the temporary overleaves - goal, mode, attitude, centres and chief feature.
Each of these carries both positive and negative aspects that can be looked at honestly - seeing and admitting a pattern, then choosing how to proceed.
Soul Ages and Other Spiritual Traditions
The map from Messages from Michael is one way of perceiving and noticing limiting patterns. Other traditions have also described different aspects or states of the soul and consciousness. They can be considered:
Tibetan Bardo Teachings: Recognition During Transition
The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thödol) is a practical guide for the process of body dying (passing) and the intermediate states that follow. It prepares the consciousness to recognise the various appearances and realms that may arise - including god realms, animal realms and denser or "hellish" states - each of which can act as a trap. The instructions repeatedly emphasise clear recognition so that the consciousness does not become drawn into these states.
This offers another traditional perspective on the importance of awareness during major transitions.
In daily life the mind can also become over-absorbed and repetitive around certain patterns, especially negative ones, like a circle or trap. The pendulum charts can help make these patterns visible. Once noticed, one does not need to follow them and can change focus.
Kabbalah: Levels of the Soul
In Kabbalah the soul is described as having five main levels: Nefesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chayah and Yechidah.
Nefesh is the vital, life-force level connected with the body.
Ruach is the emotional and moral level.
Neshama is the higher intellectual and spiritual level.
Chayah and Yechidah are still more refined levels of the soul’s connection to the Divine.
These teachings appear especially in the Zohar and in Sha’ar HaGilgulim (Gate of Reincarnations) by Rabbi Isaac Luria, recorded by Rabbi Chaim Vital. The related concept of Tikkun (rectification) refers to the process of repairing and elevating the different levels of the soul, often across successive lifetimes.
Theosophy and Steiner: Sentient, Intellectual and Consciousness Soul
Rudolf Steiner described three successive stages in the development of the human soul:
Sentient Soul - bound up with the senses, feelings, desires and immediate experience.
Intellectual Soul (Mind Soul) - the stage in which independent thinking, personal judgment and reflection develop.
Consciousness Soul - the stage in which thinking becomes more fully conscious and can be observed freely and objectively.
Steiner presented these as a developmental sequence in the evolution of the soul, both in the individual and in the history of humanity.
Sri Aurobindo: Different Modes of Experience
Sri Aurobindo spoke about the soul (the psychic being) through different modes or states of experience over the course of many lives. He described how consciousness can appear more immersed in the physical and vital (life-force/desire) levels, more centred in the mental level, or more open to higher spiritual possibilities. He did not use rigid stages like “baby soul” or “old soul.” His emphasis is on greater awareness of the soul through varied life experiences.
Hermetic Traditions: Self-Knowledge and Limiting Patterns
The Hermetic tradition places strong importance on the maxim “Know Thyself.”
A central idea is that much of what limits comes from patterns that may not be recognised, false identifications and distorted perceptions. Through honest observation these limiting patterns can be seen.
The focus is practical: awareness of what is actually operating, rather than remaining identified with it.
Pendulum charts based on the Michael material can be used as a tool for recognition of patterns.
Private Soul Reading and Pendulum Consultations
If you feel drawn to look at current patterns more clearly, private sessions are available remotely worldwide or in person in Amsterdam.
I use specific pendulum charts following the guidelines outlined in Messages from Michael. The session is a consultation about the indicated perceptions, roles, overleaves and possible blockages and how they may be noticed in daily life.
You are welcome to book when it feels right:
Soul Age Questions & Answers
What is an old soul?
In the framework of the article Perceiving Soul Ages and Patterns From a Different Perspective, “old soul” refers to a certain way of seeing and experiencing life. It is not a fixed identity.
What is the difference between an old soul and a mature soul?
The differences are explained in the article Perceiving Soul Ages and Patterns From a Different Perspective.
Am I an old soul?
Dorit uses pendulum charts based on the book Messages from Michael to identify current limiting patterns. You may explore this further in a private consultation.
How to schedule a private intuitive consultation in Amsterdam?
In-person intuitive consultations are available in Amsterdam. Always contact Dorit via higherconsciousnessenergy@hotmail.com to inquire mutual availability, then book: Private Soul Reading
or any other one-to-one session.
Where can I find soul readings or consultations?
Soul consultations are available remotely worldwide. Always contact Dorit via higherconsciousnessenergy@hotmail.com to inquire mutual availability, then book: Private Soul Reading.
References
Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn. Messages from Michael. New York: Playboy Press, 1979 (subsequent editions by various publishers).
The Zohar. Attributed to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai; compiled by Moses de León, late 13th century. Multiple English translations available.
Luria, Rabbi Isaac (the Ari). Sha’ar HaGilgulim (Gate of Reincarnations). Recorded by Rabbi Chaim Vital. Standard editions based on the manuscript tradition of Lurianic Kabbalah.
Steiner, Rudolf. Descriptions of the Sentient Soul, Intellectual Soul (Mind Soul) and Consciousness Soul appear across multiple lecture cycles, notably in Theosophy (1904) and related works on the evolution of consciousness.
Aurobindo, Sri. The Life Divine. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1939-1940 (and later editions).---. The Synthesis of Yoga. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, various editions.
Bardo Thödol (The Tibetan Book of the Dead). Traditional Tibetan Buddhist text. English translations include those by W. Y. Evans-Wentz (1927) and later versions by Francesca Fremantle & Chögyam Trungpa, and others.
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