Naturally there is reincarnation ... otherwise life would be pretty dull. All the patterns in this lifetime are results from patterns in other lifetimes.

You and I might define a 'soul mate' differently. For most people, a soul mate has some kind of sexual connotation.

God, Atlantis was only yesterday. Let alone Los Angeles. Remember that incarnation in Los Angeles?

In Nirvana, it is you, my friend, who goes away. You take an eraser and erase yourself. It's like the Road Runner cartoons where in the middle of the cartoon, the hand of the artist appears on the screen and erases the Road Runner.

The Anza Borrego Desert is a place of power, where different planes and realities intersect. It is easier to see and enter into other planes here.

You can detach your attention from yourself and go anywhere. You can wander the universe. Big deal!

Avoid the things in your life that take away from your stillness. Find things that add to that stillness. Bring them more into your life. It doesn't matter what works or doesn't. It is all individual.