Inyeon

Inyeon, a Korean Buddhist philosophy, is described as the invisible thread binding us across lifetimes. There are people who we meet that feel instantly comfortable and familiar. There is a recognition that they are connected to us without our knowing them for very long.

Karmic forces connect us to those we have unfinished business with. We are connected through a web that has kept us together through generations, through centuries.

Genuine friendships or deep connections are not born in one moment, they have been built through past lives together. We hear echos from the past, of lives where our history with them began. The opposite is true as well. Those who make us uncomfortable may have a history with us from another time and place.

Just like people, land has spirit and history, there is feeling of being connected to it. It has memory, it has recall. It retains the feelings that the inhabitants created. Its status reflects its care both past and present. We are the same.

Divine providence brings us to places and to people we are supposed to be connected to. There are no accidents, we are moved to situations we are supposed to be in. Our souls meet in order for us to progress and grow. Maybe it is a difficult lessen of learning to let go. We cannot take anyone else’s journey and no one can take us from the road that we are meant to walk on.

Inyeon says that we may be destined to meet in many lifetimes. However, we are not guaranteed to stay together. It doesn’t mean that the bond was wrong. It just means that the lesson has been learned, love and support was expressed where it was needed in this life, there was transformation or a lesson. There was a purpose or need that was met. Separation may be part of the journey.

There are those people who enter our lives to help us and evolve us. They open our eyes and awaken us to truths that were dormant within us. Not every path is meant to be walked with someone else. Perhaps there are no endings. There may be pauses to be continued at some other time. Maybe even in some other life.