I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I'll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other.
The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.
The 'soul' is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are.
Soul is just that inner spirit. I use that inner spirit for whatever it is I do.
I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all.
In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
I would love to give you a more in-depth coherent explanation of my view of the soul, and if I had one I would. The soul and my concept of it are as ephemeral as anybody's, and possibly more so.
From ancient times, the core idea of the soul is the soul is the capacity to integrate different functions into a single being or into a single person. The soul is what holds us all together: what connects our will and our minds and our bodies and connects us to God.
What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.
I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul.