Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume -3, Issue - 9, 1 March 2019 | Page 22

The Stages of Soul Evolution – Part 2
The Infant Stage
In Part 1 of this series, we suggested that all human beings are, in reality,
spiritual beings on a journey. We reincarnate in human form in order to evolve
as souls. We are here to know ourselves and be all we can be, step by step.
Our ultimate aim is to end the cycle of incarnations and become one with the
Creator.
We saw that the soul’s journey is really a process of evolution. It can be
compared to the stages of metamorphosis we see in nature, such as egg,
caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly. To evolve as a soul is to become
increasingly self-aware and self-capable as a unique expression of Spirit. By
evolving, the soul changes in its level of beingness and consciousness, from
new-born innocence to greater and greater levels of love, power and wisdom.
In effect, after eons of evolution that which is created re-joins the Creator.
According to spiritual thinkers, we are all going through different stages of
evolution as we reincarnate and live out our various lives. The belief is that
we pass through 5 stages as we incarnate on earth - Infant, Baby, Young,