What exactly is the Soul?
The 'soul' is frequently referred to both in spiritual texts and also in our general every day vocabulary. So exactly what is the soul? Is it tangible and if so, where is it? This article addresses those questions...

In my truth there is only one life in the universe which is expressed through multiplicity of form. Some call it the 'absolute', 'supreme being' or 'the void'. It can be considered as infinite potential from which all experience arises....

As this infinite potential divides up into multiplicity, a condition we can call 'separation', then consciousness arises forming the separate parts. The separation consciousness is counterbalanced by a unifying consciousness we can call 'unity consciousness'. Its underlying purpose is to reunite us all as one.

Unity consciousness flows through the universe as interconnected waves on a vast ocean of light. We are each a wave on that ocean - this is what can be called the 'heart' or 'soul'.

So the soul is unique to each of us, but it is not tangible, it cannot be grasped although its effects can be experienced - it causes particular states of beingness to arise within us when the personality is not 'leading the show'.

It is considered by some philosophers that the soul manifests as seven particular types of beingness and in my truth each of these can be seen in various strengths and combinations in all people. For example the divine aspect of purpose is accredited to ray 1 influence (you could call it 'male' or 'warrior'energy). The aspect of divine surrender is the 'female' or unconditional love influence (to read more about the seven influences of the soul...click here)>

At conception, the soul infuses into the forming separate being - it is what animates our life form. It is at this point we ‘descend into matter’ and the dense vibrations of body and newly forming mind cause us to loose ourselves in this matter. We become more and more swallowed up by the increasing internal activity.

The personality forms from the conditioning the child receives as it grows. The stronger this conditioning the more lost the soul becomes. This happens by design - it is only through this experience of loosing touch with our true nature that we can experience who we really are by remembering again.

So at some point in our lives, we rediscover the soul. This can happen in a moment of great joy, increased inner stillness or through a traumatic event where the personality is caused to completely surrender its governance of being.

Over time, as our internal identification with the personality dissolves, the influence of the soul in our lives increases until at some magical point, our perception switches from being the personality to being the soul all the time - this process is known by some as ‘the transfiguration’.

To discover more about the transfiguration, click on this article in our forum...Transfiguration