What is your definition of a soul?

You know, this is a great topic, and one I would really like to answer to, as well as see what others have to say. A soul is definitely as you define-it is the inner spirit, the conscience, one's beliefs in what is wrong and right, one's wisdom, one's heart, and your actions in life that serve for the better. "Have you no soul?" -As the old adage states-is loosely defined as one who has no spirit or love for others-one who is cruel and mean. You can't get any deeper than the soul-as we all hope to someday find a soulmate-one who is figuratively on the same levels as us in many different aspects.

I guess I can't cheat and look it up, huh? I'd say it was what makes each of us unique, what lives on after our bodies are gone, our essence.

Hi Jen! Our Soul is what we are actually from inside. It is a kind of our micro self, that works somewhere within our body. When we die, our body comes to naught and our soul gets out of our body to enter into any other person's body. Our body is a macro organism and others can only see our macro image. Our soul is controlled by God and when we die, it is the God who decides which will be next abode.

I think my soul is something deep inside of me that controls everything i do & feel. It'a a place where u keep your intermost secrets & feeling & something u can't share w/too many people. I have heard people say about other people they don't have a soul. I truly belive that some folks don't.

These days since I've started reading some Indian philosophy I'm starting to feel that there may really be a soul (Atman) attached to us; which though not realized directly, governs us. I have so far found it all quite sensible. I feel the soul is the subtler part of us. It is a manifestation of the Absolute Consciousness. In fact every single aspect or entity of this physical universe is a shoddy representation of the same Absolute Consciousness. The soul is indestructible and eternal. It may change forms; i.e. locations from one body to another and finally back to the Absolute Consciousness. The soul, I guess is intrinsically noble. It does not depend on any external God. In fact there is no God, in my opinion. Every single act done by the physical body leaves behind a Karmic psyche on the soul which decides its later path/s. I do not have a direct proof of all this as of now. But they all this stuff can be realized by Yogic experiences or meditation. So dunno exactly.

Hi Jenintn well this certainly is interesting, soul huh. . . i think it is something we really are, our bodies are just a means to be the materialistic selves here in this world, we were made in the image of God and i guess we were created as souls and then the incident put us into these bodies that we now are 'trapped' in making us sinners. . . well if you are not religious then this all would sound weird but i don't fear admitting i believe in it...hehe... have a nice day Jenintn! . . . i guess one day we all will loose our bodies and see our 'real selves' . . . . souls could be the term for it.

to me soul is apart of us that either is go or bad. when you bad it grow dark, when we do good its bright. when we die our souls is what goes to heaven or hell

Hey Jen! I think that your definition of soul is pretty right on. I think that soul is everythings that we are and everything that makes us what we are! It is the part of us that is us! It is what makes us feel, and act the way we do! It is what dictates or shows our very persona, or personality and our reactions to things and to others. It as you have said, is the essence of our being. It is the light from withing that makes us what we are~

The soul is the heart of the person the essence it is what makes that person special or otherwise.When someone does something bad like murder ect,they have a bad soul.Or some say no soul at all.I think you have described it very well,there is not much more for me to add, in my opinion anyway.

Hi JenInTn, one of my favourite quotations is from the writer Malcom Bradbury and is as thus: "he carries his soul around in a paper bag, as if he'd just bought it at Mark's and Spencers." I think that is a fair summation of emotion carried round on ones sleeve.

[i]Hello there. well i wont say soul is eternal or good or bad or pure, but the only thing i will give you for what is our soul is, it is something that you feel guilty in when you do wrong, it is something you feel good when you love someone.A soul is you the real part of what you really are, it reveals you through your eyes and face just as your face reveals you when you look into the mirror.So even if you hide from the world what scars you have got on your face, you can never hide it from the mirror..Same is the soul even if you hide from the world your innerself knows what you really are made of....[/i]

I think soul may be defined as one's inner conscience. The ability to differentiate between the right and wrong, the sound within us that tells us what should we do and what we shoul'nt, how we should behave and treat people. All of this is judged by our soul or our inner conscience. This is what I feel. Our externel body is just matter which will decay one day after we die. But the soul within us that makes every individual different from the other is eternal, which would remain forever.

FOR ME ITS SOMETHING WHICH REMAINS FOR EVER EVEN AFTER MY BODY IS DESTRUCTED..... THE SOMETHING WHICH MAKES HUMAN UNIQUE FROM ALL THE OTHER CREATURES............... THAT SOMETHING WHICH SUPPORT GOOD DEEDS , LOVE ,FORBEARANCE AND BENEVOLENCE...... the power supporting extras...in human thank you babby.....

Our Soul is given by GOD to each and everyone of us.For us to function well it is the life inside us.The soul never aged but our does..

As a Christian I believe that the soul is the breath of God. After He created Adam He breathed into him and that's when he was given life. The soul is our very essence. Without the soul we wouldn't be alive. The soul is very complicated and I don't think we'll ever be able to understand it totally. Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

My soul is me...The essence of me... I read on: www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/.../ (NOT A REFERAL LINK) that, ”Without the soul, the body is like a light bulb without electricity, a computer without the software, a space suit with no astronaut inside.” I like the analogy and I agree that our soul is the light within, the total of who we authentically are.

hi jen.... you have posted this discussion in religion interest. according to my religion i am an atheist. so my definition will be different from others. really i have no belief in soul. i dont believe pre or post life. whatever is real ity is here. and soul, it is an inner part of our body which is imagined by human. no existance at all. but know, sometimes i do believe in sixth sense and i would like to say it as my soul. nothing else. thanks

My definition of soul would be, it's the life force that resides in everybody in every living thing... Pretty much if I die, It will be thrown back to a some sort of "stream of life force"...

pure soul is the energy.universe is consist of two constituents.one is matter and another os energy.also matter is the part of energy becoz it forms from the energy.so it is the energy which is called coul,present in our body and mind direct the brain and brain direct the energy for perform any task by the body.

I think my soul is my energy. I think all that I put into this life, is my soul. Each emotion I have feeds my soul. I think the energy lives on after I pass, and lives on forever.