Jerked Around

Often when young we don't have much choice in the matter: your god(s) tug your soul toward kindness; your devil(s) tug it toward selfishness.

A Singularity

Souls pass through singularities in order to strip themselves of the crud of life's circumstances and to re-establish their spiritual and religious significance. When a soul passes through a singularity its container experiences the maximum amount of all possible feelings.

Not Quite an Escape

The popularity of drugs and such is that they allow the soul to rattle its container.

Fringe Sparkling

Souls severely uncomfortable in their impermanence do the most to push themselves to the fringes, to obtain some sort of distinctiveness that will allow them the illusion of a permanent uniqueness. They strive to be different from the run of the mill impermanence, if only temporarily.