soul selection

While eating breakfast this morning and watching a TV talk show, I overheard a conversation about natural versus artificial selection in reproduction. The female being interviewed had birthed a child through in vitro fertilization and had chosen the gender of her child, as well as a donor of the same race as she. When asked if she had “selected” any other specific traits from the sperm donor such as intelligence, religious affiliation, interests...she responded “no” because in her opinion then she would be stepping into God’s domain - His power, role, plan.

Truly, I hold no judgment about her choices or opinion. What I was struck by was how my spiritual beliefs might change the discussion on natural versus artificial selection. Just to let you know, with our second pregnancy, we used a technique to significantly increase the probability of having a male, which we did. I also acknowledge that there is the potential for dangerous results when artificial selection, such as cloning, is taken too far.

Although our bodies create new physical life in the form of another human being, with our genetics being passed on to the baby, I believe that there is much more to the creation of life than simply reproduction. I believe that it is the soul that is the authentic being and energy that inhabits the body and gives it life. And no matter the degree of our selective efforts to control the physical body, and its personality tendencies, I do not believe we are capable of stepping into God’s domain of choosing the soul for the body.

I believe that our souls have been in existence since the beginning of time and will continue to journey in and out of vastly different human experiences in order for us to embrace our true essence and power, and to evolve to greater love, ultimately pure love. A soul will be aligned with the body, the people, the life struggles and lessons and experiences...all of the things that are appropriate, necessary and relevant for it to evolve. With this belief comes the peace of knowing that every life situation a child is born into is perfect for that soul’s evolution, as Spirit, and possibly the soul itself, has chosen it.