As we progress from lifetime to lifetime, we experience a developmental process that takes us through five soul ages, each of which has seven levels. Infant souls focus on survival. Baby souls are learning about structure, discipline, and rules. Young souls are interested in having maximum impact on the outer world. Mature souls are working on relationships and emotions.
Old souls look at things in terms of their larger context.
Mature and old souls are those most likely to be drawn to the spiritual path. To develop, we need all the steps. In fact, nothing in the Michael teachings is, of itself, good or bad. Everything can be used either positively or negatively, and Michael defines positive and negative poles for each role and overleaf. Having names for them can help us stay in the positive poles.