Do you believe we are connected?

Our lives are not our own...

I recently came across the movie Cloud Atlas and I have become completely enthralled in the message. While my love for offbeat movies about the universe and romance goes far beyond that to which I’d like to admit. This movie has views and undertones of so many things to which I believe within my heart. Past lives, connections, prophetical meetings, chain reactions, strong female characters, plus a dystopian narrative. Be still my beating heart. This couldn’t have come at a better time, right when all shorts of retrogrades are happening. ​When we are shedding things of our past and growing into our destiny's and futures. 

What if I were to tell you you we are all connected? Not just each of us individually towards one large group, but several smaller interconnected souls bound by universal law. We each have a set of souls we meet over and over again in each life, according to a soul contract we agreed upon. We don’t know what role they’ll play or when we will meet them this life. But they change our lives with the actions they take, and choices they make. And with each choice or action causes a ripple throughout time. How does that make you feel? What if every action we take has a reaction not only in this life but in the next as well? Would you choose to do anything different? 

We get so wrapped up in our constant present moments that we forget to see how much we effect, not only the lives of others, but in our lives alone. We hurt, we heal. We love and we sometimes hate. We win or we fail. We explore and experience. We grow and we learn. These are the blessings that are bestowed upon us as we enter into each new life. What are we meant to be? What is our purpose? What is our human experience? Why are we here? These people that we make connections with everyday; What if we were to look upon them with the vast curiosity of how they may change our lives. Or if the ones from our past could be looked at in forgiveness; For they helped us move up and along in our journey.

Have you ever felt as if your life wasn’t all chance? As if things happening to, with or for you, seem as if meant to have been put into motion long before you ever thought? Think about all those moments you’ve thought why me...flash forward to where those moments took you...that’s why. Think of meeting that one random person that changed your life by just holding a door yet you never saw again. How did those few seconds change just your day? What about the changes you’ve made in someone else’s life? Have you ever thought of that? What if you weren’t a chance meeting to another person and changed their perspective of their day, let that soak in.

Have you ever met someone and felt as if you knew them right away? Or a classical symphony for the first time but you know every note. Have you ever felt as if you’ve been somewhere before? Reoccurring dreams that feel like memories? What if all of these things were signs of your past lives? What if we have unfinished business and we get to finish it throughout time? What if we have a major purpose in each life that’s the same across the board. What would you do if you could altar the tests of time with one simple action?

This must mean we have to be okay with our decisions. We must be accountable when we cause pain. That even through sadness we can find the light. That sometimes our hearts can be broken but our will is stronger than ever. We must live each day with a desire to experience the wonders it can bring. Fight for the things we believe in, love those we care about, and be true to ourselves. That whatever happens in the future can be rewritten with only just a little action. To choose to live and choose to live in love. 

​I, like most, want to believe I have great purpose in this life. Even if that great purpose is doing something small in comparison to changing the world. I want to believe that we all have our purposes, that we all can cause ripples in the universe. That time is fluid and our actions from our past guide us towards our futures. That we each hold a destiny within us, some big, some small, but a destiny none the less. 

That is what Cloud Atlas has stirred in me the past few days. I have been diving deep within my self and plunging head first into the depths of my curiosity. Not to mention stopping by the local Barnes and Noble to pick up the book itself. Who knows, maybe this will spark me to get a past life reading done. I'm game!