I would like to asks everyone what is their definition of a soul?
Some believe we have one and some don't.
What is it that would have this "soul"? The soul is a possession or a part? That is implied by the English grammatical construction.
For me I think the non dual teachings of sage Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj points to a deeper understanding:
In every body there is a dream, but the dreamer is the same, the one Self, which reflects itself in each body as "I am".
All the dreams are of a common imaginary World and influence each other.
Love is seeing the unity under the imaginary diversity.
Excerpts from Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj's I AM THAT
Anything we point to as an object is subject to change. The body that is typing this can lose it's hands but still I am. The mind that is thinking can change its opinions but still I am. The feelings expressed change but still I am. So I am not body, ideas, feelings. Anything I can point to is an object. I am the subject. I don't have a soul. I could put it that I am a soul and further point out that there being only one it's the same soul for everyone. The diversity is out there in the perceived manifesting universe.
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