Boeing · 36-40
I see it all as one, let's say we are soulful beings, rather than we have a soul.
I disagree with diminishing the body to "just a body" and then placing the soul on a pedestal of divinity too. I see it all as divine, the soul, the body, life, and whatever is out there, places to travel, states of consciousness, perspectives, dimensions...
I disagree with diminishing the body to "just a body" and then placing the soul on a pedestal of divinity too. I see it all as divine, the soul, the body, life, and whatever is out there, places to travel, states of consciousness, perspectives, dimensions...
swirlie · 31-35
@Boeing
A "soulful being" is one who is connected with their true 'self' and everything around them.
A person's "soul" is the immortal essence or spirit of a human body distinct from their physical body.
It's not clear to me how your response answers the question in any way. Would you run that one by us again, please?
A "soulful being" is one who is connected with their true 'self' and everything around them.
A person's "soul" is the immortal essence or spirit of a human body distinct from their physical body.
It's not clear to me how your response answers the question in any way. Would you run that one by us again, please?
Boeing · 36-40
@swirlie soulful being, true self, soul, immortal essence, spirit, human body, there is a perception that sees it all as one, but I cannot explain it to you, it has to be experienced. It is as if you are a baby again and the world is more fluid, your body, the water, the food, your mother, they are all one movement that slowly as we grow to "human" perception, we make distinctions.
Think of sound, as you can listen to all there is, if you don't use your cognition, or name the sources, if you do not use your intellect, what do you hear... same with vision, if you stop functioning at this level of recognizing everything, as an artist sees sometimes the picture as a whole, they do not see a boat, the sea, they see blue, white.. it is a perception where you and I are not distinct either, but we share the same mind.
Think of sound, as you can listen to all there is, if you don't use your cognition, or name the sources, if you do not use your intellect, what do you hear... same with vision, if you stop functioning at this level of recognizing everything, as an artist sees sometimes the picture as a whole, they do not see a boat, the sea, they see blue, white.. it is a perception where you and I are not distinct either, but we share the same mind.
mossyboots · 51-55, F
ItsMeMorgue · 46-50, F
@mossyboots I don't like that word, either, for the same reason, but I believe in a spirit. Do you?
mossyboots · 51-55, F
@ItsMeMorgue Not human ones.
ItsMeMorgue · 46-50, F
@mossyboots Interesting. That is the answer of someone who has seen some stuff. I like it.
PeterByres55UK · 56-60, M
OogieBoogie · F
i would call it more of a "consciousness" but definitely, yes. i can remember mine entering my body when i was little and feeling jarred and confused, i can remember dying when it happened to me while i was in the hospital and i can recall coming back and i am not religious. i was "consciously aware" at a certain point that i was separate from my body and that i was dead.
@DancingStarGoddess yes, I remember that too
ABCDEF7 · M
No, we are THE consciousness. We just have this human body, we are not the body, nor the mind.
Some consider this consciousness as separate for each being, considering it as soul. Other who (Advaitins) believe it's the one universal consciousness that pervades in all of us.
Some consider this consciousness as separate for each being, considering it as soul. Other who (Advaitins) believe it's the one universal consciousness that pervades in all of us.
@NerdyPotato yes, I agree with this sentiment
onewithshoes · 26-30, F
Journaling4Me · 56-60, F
HowtoDestroyAngels · 46-50, M
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Not sure what exactly that belief is, but I am sure I am not the first person to have imagined this. @ItsMeMorgue
ItsMeMorgue · 46-50, F
@deathfairy The Vedanta is a book in the Hindu religion. Between it and the Bhagavad Gita, I think you would find it fascinating reading. The short version is exactly as you said, that we're all one being role-playing as 8 billion or so separate beings.
I love this. I didn’t know there was an entire sublet of belief or religion for it. @ItsMeMorgue
ItsMeMorgue · 46-50, F
swirlie · 31-35
The body wouldn't function without a soul. When we appear to die and leave the lifetime, the body itself doesn't die; it's the soul that merely steps away from the body.
The body of itself is nothing but flesh and bones, but the soul is the life energy that energizes and animates the body as long as the soul remains with the body at all times, until death do they part.
The body of itself is nothing but flesh and bones, but the soul is the life energy that energizes and animates the body as long as the soul remains with the body at all times, until death do they part.
BlueSkyKing · M
FreeLittleBird · F
@FreeLittleBird yes, exactly
StygianKohlrabi · 46-50, M