If you believe you have a soul, what do you believe? Discover your
thoughts and beliefs by just writing one or two paragraphs
about how you would define your soul. I did a survey with my graduate
students in counseling as well as with participants in workshops
that I was conducting, and that the responses were amazingly uniform
and very interesting, interestingly there were very few references to
their religion. Most said something like,”My soul is my inner self,
my decision maker.
In my book ‘Building Heaven on Earth’ I quote several very thoughtful
responses which tell me that most people have given some serious
thought to matters of their soul. My personal belief is that our soul
is the essence of who we are as a person. It is the core of our
spirituality that will guide us in our behaviors of compassion, respect,
caring, generosity, courage and confidence in our inner self for
example.
My question to readers is: “Are you willing to explore your inner self,
the quality of your character, your ability to love and forgive, and to
be fair in all your relationships? I’m not talking about religion here,
I am differentiating spirituality from religion, and claiming that we
are all essentially spiritual beings. Religions are institutions that
may or may not be in our best interest.