What is a Soul?

October 13th 2008 10:37 am

Great question, Dani, but here’s a follow up: Who cares?

Many of you might be thinking “I don’t have time for such nonsense. I’m too busy with my job / social life / going to movies / (fill in the blank).” I believe the answer to this question can vastly impact every moment of a person’s life. And with that, I divulge:

In Jewish thought (and many other bodies of thought), a human being is made up of part body, and part soul. The body houses the organs and machinery that allow a person to accomplish action in the world, while the soul is its “battery pack” in a sense. For those that truly believe in evolution, or think a human being is 100% body, I ask the following questions:
  • What caused the original single celled amoeba to evolve into an orange in one circumstance, iron in another, and a human being in another?
  • What is the factor that gives a human animation, and a table not?
  • Where are memories and emotions stored? I don’t recall hearing of a memory cell.
  • What makes a person more artistic than another, and where is the source of a person’s creativity?
  • Why does a human die and disintegrate? shouldn’t their “lifespan” remain static like a golf ball?
  • Why does a body cease to function at the instance of death? it’s the same bunch of cells it just was.
  • And why can’t a dead body be brought back to life? seriously, why?

Okay, so what is a soul? Believe it or not, ladies and gentlemen, it is an actual piece of G-d Himself. Though, it’s hard to picture it in terms of a “piece” because what is a piece of infinity? That line of thought is beyond the scope of this post, though I have much to say about it.

A soul is what powers a person’s body. It is what sends messages via the brain and spine. It is what captures the output of our body’s nerves so we can “feel” the physical world. It is what receives the converted rays of light that our eyes filter so we can “see” the physical world. It is you. Your body is the machine that it drives for its 120 year stay in this world.

Yep. Face it. You’ve never even seen your real self, and you never will in this world.

Why does a baby smile when you smile at him/her? Does the sight of another human changing the shape of their mouth actually cause joyous emotion? And if you say it’s out of habit, then why do babies respond in the same?

I hope this post has helped you realize “there is more than meets the eye.” So to conclude, what does one make of all this? Well, there are many things to be learned from this discovery, but an important one I’d like to focus on right now is respect. Have some respect when you talk to another person. Whether they are smart are stupid (by your perfect standards), and whether you agree with them or not, realize you are communicating with a piece of the most ultimately unfathomable.

And if you can’t, kindly keep your lip cells touching each other.
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