Throughout our lives we’ve encountered various explanations of what it means to be human. Many of which include some aspect of having a soul. Whether it’s from religion, media, or everyday life we’ve heard examples like: if someone is a good person they must have a good soul, while a bad person has a misguided soul. Or no soul at all. Some think that we couldn’t exist without a soul. Others believe that without one we wouldn’t be our unique selves. While some claim we don’t have, or even need, a soul. Many of us question if it’s our soul that leaves when we die and if the soul reincarnates -or even survives at all.
We use these questions to decide what we believe the soul is and means to us, or if it impacts how we live our lives. Those who end up choosing to disregard their soul wind up ignoring the totality of who they are. If we’re truly mind, body, and spirit, then our soul is the spirit. It’s what connects us to what’s “after” and beyond. But even if we all have a soul, how can we know what its purpose is?