Some Thoughts

Some thoughts have been in and out of my mind a lot lately.

What if life isn't really what you think it is? Has anyone else ever thought about that? What else could life be?
The turn of the century.. and not to mention the millenium. That surely would be a date in history. Here we are, we've experienced it. However, future generations wouldn't know, to the degree that we do, what that was like....
What if there was a way to forget all about your life and experience a whole new one? What if there was a way to experience an entire lifetime in the span of, like, five minutes or something? It's said that technology advances twice as much every eleven years.. So, if you were to experience a different life, forgetting all about your own, making connections with various people.... When you return to your own life, do you remember those people you connected with? Would you feel at a loss being without them, even while knowing they never truly existed?

Another thought:

Certain material items in the world hold a lot of value to each person. What makes that item so precious?
Is it possible that one's soul can leave an imprint, or an essence of itself, in the items we hold close to our hearts? Maybe that's why it's so hard throwing out things we used to love. Assuming this is true, a child's teddy bear that has been owned by that child for a long time will have more soul in it than a recently purchased one.
And when holding certain people close to our hearts.. Would it be for the same reason? Could it be that your own soul is leaving impressions on theirs, and theirs having impressions on yours in return?
When something is created, a piece of artwork, a song, a piece of literature..... Is your soul put into whatever it was you created?
When I find drawings that I've made a long time ago, even though they lack the quality of my more recent ones, it's difficult for me to get rid of them. I can't throw them away. I may set them down in the trash, only to find myself later retrieving it..... and placing it in a drawer with the others among its age.

Yet another thought:

A lot of religions and ways of life call for a balance of good and evil. Or light and dark. Yin and Yang.... The Force.... Each representing the balance.
When Satan was cast from Heaven, it was because he wanted to become equal with God. How is that evil? Is that really so bad?
When you think about it, a balance between light and darkness is impossible. What is darkness other than the absence of light? When you turn on a light in a room, the darkness that once filled that room is gone. Darkness can NEVER overpower light.... It just can't happen.
It's the same with heat and cold. Cold is the absence of heat.
So, would that mean that evil does not truly exist? Is evil just the absence of good? It is said that the only evil are good men who do nothing.