Intro to Expansion

In this edition of Making Of, I discuss the relative ease with which the On Souls collection was created, though still difficult, the freedom this new vision of the afterlife has given me, and how being you just might save the world.

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On Souls is a 3-part collection on our potential origins and the eternal odyssey of our souls.

Beginning with the moment our life ends, we explore what we do in the afterlife in part one, who we are created to be for the “duration” of eternity in part two, and finally, what we are “meant” to be doing while on Earth in part three.

On Souls is a heartfelt, eye-opening, adventure.

Given the depth of the topic, these posts are comprehensive, however, the implications are grand.

I invite you to read or listen to each post below (audio contained within posts).

Welcome to the realization of your soul.

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In part one, I introduced us to a detailed and active afterlife filled with various roles and activities.

In part two, I introduced you to your permanence and reason for being here now.

But for a concept as grand and ethereal as souls, how do we bring it down to Earth? How do we embody it? (No pun intended.)

In this post, there are few more things I hope to share and impress upon you to tie all this together and send you more powerfully into the world. Your world. Shall we begin?

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In part one of this 3-pack on souls, Our Eternal Journey, we covered the detailed and expansive nature of the afterlife. We took a detailed look into what we potentially do when we die and what preparation goes into selecting and starting a new life.

In this installment, we go into detail regarding how you came to be, to enable you to become who you truly are. Let’s dive in.

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In this post, I aim to stretch the view you have of yourself and your life by offering you a practical notion of the afterlife.

I believe we can better understand our place on Earth and our reason for being if we consider what we might be doing when we’re not on Earth. I’d love to explain.

As with everything: try on this perspective, see what it offers or inspires in you, and take it off if it doesn’t resonate. We’re gonna go “out there.” So bear with me, this is a big topic to take on.

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This past week the world lost two incredible artists and visionaries Janice Burgess, the creator of The Backyardigans, and Akira Toriyama, the creator of the Dragon Ball series.

What we can learn from both Janice and Akira is that what might later be considered our “life’s work” or “greatest contribution” might be closer to us, more obvious, and more important than we think. Let me explain.

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Realization is surrendering to the magnificence in all things and releasing the illusion of separation and powerlessness…

Listen to the Realization Audio Journal here: Apple Music | Spotify

I have created five playlists, Audio Journals, that correspond to each of the phases of internal discovery I’ve lived and intend to share in my posts and other media (as stated in Preparing for the Journey).

Consider these Audio Journals to be a representation of the soul of the journey.

Here, and in the following posts of this same kind, I plan to share a bit about what each song means for me, the lyrics that hit me hardest, and why I included the song in the journal entry. It’s my hope that you can hear these songs how I hear them and you glean something inspiring or humanizing that you enjoy or relate to.

The first Audio Journal I keynoted was i. Prologue to Destruction. In Prologue to Destruction, I describe my journey of triumph and loss and how it’s resulted in my ability to “love a little bit deeper.”

In ii. Reckoning, after my old life and perspective have been shattered, I find myself in a space where a subtle sense of hope begins to reappear. In that stretch of my life, I found myself tapping into personal power tied solely to who I am, not anything I had accomplished or possessed.

Now, we dive (no pun) into Realization and the magnificence of this human experience.

Hit play and let’s go on another journey.

Melvyn

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Things to know for Mel’s Substack pre-Spring! All posts mentioned are available on Melvyn.rustin.substack.com

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Welcome to another edition of Making Of! This time… on Evolution.

If you had told me 6 months ago, I’d be reading a book, much less writing a post, on how our current evolutionary story is incomplete I would not have believed you*, but here we are! I was following my highest excitement and ended up somewhere kinda cool. Let’s talk about it.

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What does it mean to be human? Really? What is it that distinguishes us from, say the apes we’re regularly compared to? How did we get to this version of ourselves? Let’s talk.

Contents

* Myths and Consequences

* Superhuman or Just Regular Human

* The Power of Story and Revision

* Cooperation as an Existential Imperative

* Conclusion

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