What Is A Soul?
By lifeluver
@lifeluver (743)
Canada
July 7, 2007 12:27pm CST
One of my friends here on MyLot posed an interesting question about souls that really got me thinking...what IS a soul anyway? After a couple days of thinking, here's what came to mind:
First, I have to explain my theory of how things began. I believe in Creation and evolution is the process of it. Scientist have calculated everything from beginning to end as far as the universe's creation and eventual distruction. However, they have not been able to calculate the actual beginning - in other words what created creation? My answer to that is God (the Creator).
When the universe started to expand from God's fingertips, so to speak, what was created came from God's energy. Therefore, in my opinion, everthing (and I mean EVERYTHING) has God's energy within it. This energy expands outwards from everthing. (I think that the people who see "auras" are seeing God's energy expanding from things) Everything is in constant state of Creation.
So, what about Man? It says in the Bible, that Man was created "from God's image". The word "image" in this context I don't think has anything to do with what we LOOK like. Instead, it refers to "the seed of God". So, in my opinion, God chose Humans as where to plant His seed. The seed is our Soul. Only in humans does this seed exist and that is why only We are able to connect with God (the Creator).
What do you think? Do you agree/disagree? Do you have your own ideas of what a soul is and where it might come from?
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@derek_a (10873)
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8 Jul 07
Here's my philosophy...
I feel that the soul is beyond analysis. If God is Everything, he is you, I and everybody else and also every other thing. Our finite minds cannot comprehend the All there is. It can be experienced however, but try and talk about it and words will prove inadequate.
When spiritual masters talk about "I", they are indicating the "I am consciousness" - again it is near impossible to comprehend as "I am" is everywhere and everything thing - how can we describe something like "I am" - It is the same as an eye trying to look at itself - interesting how the pronounciation of eye and I are the same and neither can look at itself. If it can be analysed, that is not it.
In the Old Testament, God said to Moses - "I am what I am" - that says it, but is not it. Jesus said "judge not lest you'll be judged". Not just condemnation of others, but analysis also perhaps?
Therefore, I see the soul is the soul. It isn't "the" at all. Soul - all things, everywhere, everything, all one. Is it really possible to "stand" outside of everything? It can't be, therefore it cannot be analysed. Even me writing here "it cannot be analysed" is not it either. It simply IS.
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@lifeluver (743)
• Canada
9 Jul 07
Holy crap, derek, I don't even know what to say to this right now. Very true. Too complicated....I'll have to come back to you, 'k?
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@lifeluver (743)
• Canada
10 Jul 07
Ok, derek...here's my thoughts for you ;)
"I exist, therefore I AM" - unknown
You might be familiar with Leonard Nimoy (played Spock on the original Star Trek), well, he grew up a Jew. Apparently, in his youth, during a prayer session, the congrigation was told to bow thier heads and not to look. Leonard did take a little look and saw the Rabbi with his arms in the air and his hand were in the familiar "Vulcan 'live long and prosper'" position. This made quite an impact on young Leonard because, according to him, the symbol made with the Rabbi's hands is a representation of the Hebrew script meaning "God" which literally translates to "I am".
Also, in the New Testament, during the first four books, Jesus very often explains his actions with "....because I Am". To me, this is some great evidense of what you have posted here. Our comprehention of God is limited to our mortal brain capasity and understanding. So, when Jesus said "because I am" he was referring to himself being "one with God".
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@imalive (14)
• United States
7 Jul 07
hi
this is really interesting, we a living but we dont know what is soul, suppose if we are living rich and luxurious life, somebody forget about other poor people, they dont know one day they will die,
i heard soul is never die, it keep change body according to its karm, its come from god, its part of god, but when soul comes on earth with new body, and forget to live good life means to help other people,
main thing is if soul has done good then it will get great new birth, if done worst then it will get according to its karm.
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@lifeluver (743)
• Canada
9 Jul 07
Welcome to MyLot, imalive!
Very interesting what you say here. I have wondered myself if the soul comes back. If it does, I think each time the soul comes back it is to learn more about life and "doing good". Then, once a soul's education is "complete", it becomes an Angel. What do you think?
@lifeluver (743)
• Canada
10 Jul 07
Welcome to our discussion, alokkarn. I find it very interesting how the Hindu sense of things. I've had the thoughts that we are all "part" of God and the bit you said about the "drop" and "Ocean" also comes very close to my own thoughts on the subject...thanks for sharing!
@judyt00 (3497)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
See, that's what is so presumptious about god religions, you assume that only humans can connect with your god. Howdo you know this, Why you've been told so. I'll bet that if there actually was a god, the lesser creatures, the ones who can't talk to us, would have a closer connection to him than any human is capable of, simply because they can't reason.
As for the creation of the universe, there is a theory that it was created by the collapse of the previous one onto itself, and the following explosion caused by too much pressure. That makes much more sense than any god theory. I'm atheist, by the way.
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@DiamondWings (176)
• United States
7 Jul 07
That's fairly obvious. I'm sorry that you believe in nothing. But you are correct that all creation has a connection to God because He created it. First the universe, then the planets, then the creatures, then man. All of His creation is just a picture of what He has in Heaven. So, when we die, we will see something more wonderful than we have ever seen here! But for those who don't believe in Him, this is all you will have so enjoy it while you can. But, if you change your mind, let me know. By the way, it takes more faith to believe that man came from a single molecule that it does to accept that we were created just as we are, as well as every other being on this planet. So I wouldn't call you an atheist.
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@lifeluver (743)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
Nice comment, Diamondwings, very well said.
Judy...it's true that scientists have discovered that the universe does colapse on itself and the whole process starts anew. But, my dear, there MUST be distruction in order for creation to exist. Just like dark needs light, negitive needs positive.....Additionally, we must remember that our concept of time (linear) is not even close that that of God's "time". While we sit here typing on our computers, somewhere in "God-time" the universe hasn't even begun yet.
@curvychick77 (1084)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I've pretty much always been a strong believer in God, and in many ways your theory makes sense, at least to me. God is everything, but at the same time evil is also everything, because we cannot have bad without good or good without bad, however my question is, where did God him/herself come from? It's something I've often wondered about. Souls exist, yes, I've seen ghosts and spirits so it is existing, but sometimes one has to ask, how all these things came to be.
@DiamondWings (176)
• United States
9 Jul 07
God Himself, has always been, will always be. There is no time with Him, He is beyond space and time except when Jesus walked the earth. Jesus the Creator was and is the image of the invisible God. He and the Father are One and contains the Holy Spirit of the Living God. Jesus was, is, and always will be and those of us who have received eternal life through the shed Blood of Jesus will live forever with Him. And, at the end of time, evil (satan) will be defeated forever! Yippee!
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@lifeluver (743)
• Canada
9 Jul 07
An interestion question, curvychick, "where did God come from". I really don't think that can be answered in terms that us mortals can understand so we might not find out until we are with the Creator Himself. Thanks for sharing.
@trcydansby (10)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I agree with what you are saying and it is a very interesting topic. Everything was created by God. If we wasn't created by and had a connection with God it would be scary to think of how worse off the US would be now. But if we weren't created by God then we wouldn't be here of course!
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@lifeluver (743)
• Canada
9 Jul 07
Welcome to MyLot, trcydansby and thanks for sharing your thoughts with us :)
