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Do you feel lost? 12 questions to ask your soul right now

Here’s an insight that can radically change your relationship with your life, your work, and the world: To create the outer life you desire, you really have to create the inner life you need. It’s easy to say, but bold and demanding to live; but if you have the courage to embrace it, your life will change and your soul will feel alive.

You may have been taught to focus too much on the outer aspects of life – career, finances, security, promotion, reputation, conformity – at the expense of your inner vitality, panache, creativity, purpose, sensuality, generosity and whatnot you could call it your “heart fire” or your life force. This distortion of human expression leads to what some Indigenous traditions refer to as soul loss: feeling discouraged or a vague sense of pervasive emptiness. Soul here refers to your unique essence, the deeper unique you, and is not meant in a religious context.

Soul loss is epic in our society. You will know people who appear conventionally successful, but this masks futility, sadness, confusion, and a sense of enduring alienation. You could be in this situation yourself. So many people desperately want to come back to life, but don’t know how. Many of us have everything to live on, but little to live on.

You are rich

Have you ever noticed the exquisite timing of some coincidences in your life?

Like many people, I was stale and had lost vitality. One morning I was sitting on a public bench in front of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, worrying about money and the future. I’ve been visiting this area for seven years and no one has ever sat on a bench next to me or engaged me in conversation.

But that morning, a complete stranger sat close to me and spoke to me as if he knew me. He was Asian, mid-20s, wearing an unusual orange shirt, and exuded a powerful and direct energy. He was cheerful, smiling and positive. He was everything I wasn’t and my immediate reaction was distrust because I thought he wanted money and I found his pushy manner annoying. Couldn’t he see that I wanted to leave myself to ponder my worries?

Just give, just receive. This isn’t about giving back. This is about letting your inner wealth flow through you to others.

With no small talk and completely out of the blue, he said, “You’re a rich guy.” I said, “No, I’m not. I’m just trying to figure out how to make a living after a job is complete.” “You look rich to me,” he said. He was persistent and direct and told me I was rich. As soon as he arrived he was already gone. I was unsettled by this encounter but couldn’t put my finger on why other than that it was so strange.

This is where chance comes into play. In the evening I sat on the train home and started reading on my Kindle. I was reading a book by Tibetan teacher Chögyam Trungpa called The Myth of Freedom, and the page it opened to talked about our inner human wealth. The words that struck me the most were: “You discover that you have something to give instead of having to demand something that you constantly have to understand. For the first time you are a rich person, you have basic sanity.”

The book goes on to teach how we can relax and enjoy generosity when we realize that we are inherently rich. The weird thing was I must have read that line in the morning because it was highlighted, but I had forgotten it.

This coincidence was a revelation for me. I was rich just to be alive, to be here now. I’ve always been rich, but blinded. I had created an inner poverty, a form of soul loss, by putting my trust in the outside world on income, by seeking approval and conforming more than risking, holding back more than expression, and doubting myself more than to trust. I refused to let life shape me or laugh with me. My being was contracted, rigid and anxious, and my body was telling me that every day.

I found that something deep within me was urging me to open up to life and dare to flow with life instead of being a spectator in life. It’s still an evolving story for me, and of course the risks are huge, but essentially the life that lives us is calling us to be ourselves.

Maybe that appeals to you. Do you dare to open up and let life change you, or do you remain closed? The risks cannot be controlled because if you open up, if you trust, who knows where it will lead? Everything, including who you think you are, is at stake. There are no guarantees. This is truly an initiation into courage, for it is only when we take that risk that we show ourselves for our lives.

Legendary jazz musician Charles Mingus said: “In my music I try to play the truth of who I am.” This deep authenticity is powerful and attractive and always allows us to rise above our hesitations. Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most persuasive leaders in the world, thoughtfully replied when asked what his message was: “My life is my message.”

Do you dare to discover your own truth?

The thieves of soul vitality

Life is like a river of molten lava: always glowing and flowing. Only behind the moving edge does lava cool down and solidify. A common mistake I’ve made in the past is to fixate on life’s cool certainties while ignoring the heartfire of creative intuition. I call the tendencies to fixation on certainty “thieves of soul vitality,” and they include in their band of thieves:

Being overly cautious and over-controlled.

Acquiring what you don’t need and then worrying about losing it.

Choose predictability over spontaneity.

Getting addicted to busyness at the expense of purpose.

Stick to a boring job instead of expressing your flair and passion through work.

Stay in submissive, safe, and people-friendly patterns because that way you won’t rock the boat.

Life moves through cycles and while a small loss of vitality may not be harmful, too much of it becomes numbing and addictive. Find out where you feel stuck in your life by asking yourself these questions:

Do you feel kind of numb in these areas?

Is it becoming harder to make changes or even know what changes to make?

Do you avoid the heat of transformation to hold on to ingrained patterns?

The Signature Challenge

The characteristic challenge of our time is to live a fluid, authentic life; one that stays true to our deeper nature and respects our planet. Yet we endlessly conspire in ways that deaden us and make deals with ourselves so we can ignore how empty our work and life feels.

The game fills you up and flows through you to touch others.

When you recognize this within yourself, you realize that you are giving away your birthright, which is life force itself. The term “life force” is apt because the closer you get to your deeper aliveness, the more power you may have to live with. However, there is something in us that confuses a predictable routine – even an oppressive one – with comfort. That’s the comfort of repetition, and when we get caught up in it, it’s a sure sign we’re missing the point. The comfort of repetition can also act as an anesthetic, allowing us to continue harming ourselves, others, or our environment.

Some of this may sound self-centered, but it’s not intentional. In fact, people who are overflowing with vitality voluntarily give it away to help other people, living beings, and the environment, and they do so in obvious or subtle ways. This is the paradox of authenticity: to be fully alive, you must give away your life force generously. You cannot own it just for yourself or withhold it, for in order for it to flow further it must be shared. As Howard Thurman, a leading civil rights activist in the US and mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what brings you to life and go and do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come to life.

12 soul questions that change everything

The hunger you feel to come alive is the same hunger life has for you to open up to life and express yourself. Over the years I have found that the following questions are very important. The questions are heartfelt and must be savored and dwelled upon—they lose their power if answered hastily or halfheartedly.

ask yourself:

Where in your life have you killed your uniqueness? Where in your life have you domesticated your wildness? Where in your life did you stop speaking with your authenticity? Where in your life have you tolerated too much boredom? Where in your life have you pulled away from being yourself? What really brings your soul to life? Where does life seem to ask you to get closer to it? What might life want to express through you and your soul? What are you and your soul ready to let go of? What’s the old story of your life? What is the new story of your life that is beginning to unfold now that feels most alive and vital? What needs to happen inside you so that people can connect with your gifts and talents so that you can do more of what you love?

8 “irregularities” for the heart

When you have worked through the questions above, consider the following eight points. If you make these rules, you can use them to hit yourself with them, so be careful with them. That’s why I call them “irregularities”: they are touchstones, a trail of breadcrumbs, and they bring you closer to your inner wisdom and vitality. These irregularities point to some of the hallmarks of your wealth.

There is a difference between fulfillment and success. You can be successful and yet feel bleak on the inside because you find life or work unfulfilling. On the other hand, one can be highly fulfilled and not outwardly successful. Become friendly with your version of fulfillment.

fear is wisdom; Fear is actually aliveness, so respect it. Become familiar with your fear, because it will educate you. Ask your fear what it is trying to preserve; for example, it may try to maintain the status quo, or it may try to preserve your fullness of life.

This can be found on the other side of fear. Daring is bold, bold, invigorating. Don’t confuse it with its underbelly, which is ruthless or destructive. If you dare, there is always a risk. Author Diane Ackerman wrote, “Where there is no risk, the emotional terrain is flat and uninspiring…life seems to have none of its grand geography, only length.” Always dare kindly, never berate yourself for still having it didn’t dare.

The game relaxes you, and when you relax, you step out of your busyness into a sense of stability and joy. Perhaps we exist so that life can play through us. Play more, big and small. Be playful, be positive, smile and laugh. The game fills you up and flows through you to touch others.

Offer your significant strengths, gifts, talents, and most importantly, caring presence to others. Accept what others offer you with gratitude and childlike joy. Just give, just receive. This isn’t about giving back. This is about letting your inner wealth flow through you to others. Never doubt that you are changing your world by giving, one encounter at a time.

“Inspire” comes from the Latin inspirare and means breath of life. Every time you and your soul are inspired, something that life has hidden within you awakens and recognizes itself as something outside of you. Nourish yourself with regular inspiration and help others to be inspired as well.

you are nature They are not a separate entity. Your body and consciousness will respond to being in nature at a deep level. In many cases, your thinking, worrying mind will slow down, your body will relax, and intuitive insights will naturally surface. These insights may have been trying to get through to you for some time, and immersion in nature opens you up to them. Revel in nature.

We need mysteries to live fully; Too much certainty dulls us. You started in mystery and you will end in mystery. We don’t really know what’s going to happen next. We don’t even know who we are. You are just mysteriously present and lived by a power you cannot comprehend in a world of infinite beauty. Live close to the mystery, for it will refresh and heal you. Speaking of falling in love again with mystery, the poet Rumi says, “We must ignore what we have been taught and be confused instead.”

A life well lived

The much-quoted psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl taught that purpose comes from three sources: purposeful work, love, and courage in the face of adversity. Find meaning in your life and it will guide you and revitalize your soul. Frankl warned not to ask about the meaning of life, but to recognize that you are being asked what your life means. Life challenges you to dig deep and answer for your own life, which is the ultimate in creativity. This is a daunting responsibility, but your heart and soul will guide you.

Which path to follow? As author Carlos Castaneda observed, “Every path is just a path. It is no offense to yourself or others to leave a path if that is what your heart tells you. But your decision to stay or leave a path must be free from fear and ambition. I warn you: look carefully and consciously at each path. Try it as many times as you deem necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself this one question: Does this path have a heart? All paths are the same. They don’t lead anywhere. They are paths that lead through the scrub, or into the scrub, or under the scrub, of the universe. The only question is: Does this path have a heart, a soul? If yes, then it is a good way. If not, then it is of no use.”

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Shamans, medicine people, mystics and sages at all times have always known that the soul does not speak human language.

Instead, our souls communicate with us through symbols, metaphors, archetypes, poetry, deep feelings, and magic. Human language is far too limiting to express the full spectrum of profound knowledge, insight and revelation that the soul must share.

As such, most of us were never taught to tune in to the dancing rhythms of our deepest selves. Instead, due to our social conditioning, we rely heavily only on the mind and its interpretation of reality. Unfortunately, our emphasis on hard data, facts, and linear logic has left us with a gaping hole. We fill this empty hole with consumerism, addiction, violence, and endless distractions.

Sometimes a traumatic or extreme event in our life throws us out of our usual way of perceiving existence. But typically most of us tend to overlook the big, glaring daily signs that the soul within us is trying to communicate with us. Not only that, we tend to actively distrust, ignore, or doubt every sacred form of communication we receive.

How can we begin to tune into the subtle voice of the soul and rewire our conditioned brain? How can we listen to our soul’s vital messages and nourish ourselves with its life-changing wisdom?

Soul Communication: 7 Important Signs to Look Out For

Soul communication is not just reserved for medicine men or women or enlightened people; it is a birthright of every man, woman and child. It is an important part of the inner work.

For years I lived without the guidance of my soul, actively ignoring it or being stunned by its voice. Since reconnecting with my soul, I have discovered that it offers endless gifts, insights, teachings and guidance to help me connect to my innate wholeness and purpose in life.

As I observe the people in our society, I am saddened to see how soulfully emaciated we are. I can tell instantly if a person has been in touch with their soul or not by the glow of their skin, the light in their eyes and the type of energy they transmit. Unfortunately, most people are shells of what they could really become. It’s almost as if we live our lives reaching out for any source of warmth we can find, when in truth we are the fire and warmth we are looking for.

If you want to learn soul communication, you must first pay attention to the signs that your soul is whispering. There are many types of signs, but below I’ve compiled some of the main ones to look out for:

1. Dream Sign

In the West, psychologists believe that dreams are the subconscious’s way of making sense of reality. But in ancient cultures, like Egypt and Greece, dreams were messages from spirits, gods, or the divine realm. Many indigenous cultures have also used dreams as a gateway to higher consciousness and revelation (e.g., Native Americans).

Today, most healers agree that dreams express important messages and truths about our life and destiny. In my experience, dreams can serve as gateways to new insights, reflections of true inner feelings, and even gateways to interaction with spirit guides.

Pay attention to your dreams and the images, symbols and scenarios in them. What did you notice? You may want to keep a dream journal and record your immediate impressions. Please note that dream dictionaries can sometimes help you, but they rarely convey the real message your dream is trying to convey to you. Why? Dreams and the archetypes/symbols they contain are highly contextual and personal. A snake, for example, could be a positive sign for one person and a negative sign for another.

2. Lucid dreams

In the case of spontaneous lucid dreams, you suddenly become aware that you are dreaming while you are asleep. Becoming conscious in your dream world is not only spiritually symbolic (literally “waking up”), but it is also an opportunity to explore the hidden realms of your subconscious. This opportunity from your soul is rare, or it could be constant without any effort on your part.

Regardless, it is possible to actively practice lucid dreaming. You may want to learn more about how to lucid dream.

If you are in the habit of having spontaneous lucid dreams, treat it as a sacred gift. Very few people have access to the depths of the unconscious realms. Consider this an opportunity to question yourself and find direction that you otherwise would not have access to in waking life.

3. Repetitive words or numbers

How many times have you looked at the clock and seen “11:11”, “12:12”, “13:13”? Many skeptics say that attributing importance to repetitive words and numbers is a reflection of something called “confirmation bias,” but I personally don’t think that’s the case. It’s easy to be cynical and use the left-brain approach, but much more difficult to explore the personal meaning of these experiences.

Regardless of the meaning we assign to repetitive words and numbers, they have the function of “waking us up” for a moment. Why else should we attach so much importance to them? Whenever I see a repeated number or hear a name/word being said constantly, I take it as a sign of soul communication.

So when you hear an image, word, or number repeated, ask yourself: What is the hidden message?

4. Animal omens and guides

Most of us encounter animals every day. As you pay attention to these different animals, you will realize that each has a specific teaching, message, or type of energy.

However, it is important to remember that the meaning you assign to different animals is very personal and not necessarily the already established “orthodox” meaning. So you don’t have to stick to the “textbook” definition. Go with your gut feeling.

One way to discover your own unique meaning is to observe what animals you encounter constantly every day. Observe them and try to understand what their teaching is. What are they revealing? How do they behave, move or sound? This is a powerful form of soul communication.

For example, you might constantly come across crows. If you watch these crows, you might find that they are always very noisy and excited. The message you could assign to these animal messengers could be that you need to pay more attention to the suppressed emotions so that they can be released.

5. Synchronicity or Coincidence

Have you ever had a series of events that seemed special or unusual to you? You might call these events “a stroke of luck,” when in fact it’s something known as “synchronicity.”

What is synchronicity? Synchronicities are moments of meaningful coincidence in which our inner and outer worlds align. Often synchronicity is a good way to say you are on the right soul path because everything feels like it is unfolding without your conscious effort. You may even feel that Life/God is playing an active hand in making your dreams or aspirations come true.

It is my personal belief that nothing happens by accident and that coincidence is an illusion. I believe that at a core level of soul and spirit everything is connected. Science confirms the fact that everything is energy. So what is synchronicity? In my opinion, the vibration of our thoughts matches the vibration of our personal destiny. Imagine a water funnel: you don’t have to force the water to flow through it, the water flows through effortlessly.

So look out for moments of synchronicity — they’re powerful reflections that you’re on the right track.

6. Gut feeling

A gut feeling is an inexplicable feeling that tells you to do (or not do) something. Another synonym for this expression is the word intuition. We all know what intuition is, but most of us have trouble listening to it.

Intuition differs from the inner voice of fear because it is subtle, calm, and centered, as opposed to being frantic or aggressive. This is a very important distinction. Many people believe they are being guided by their intuition when in reality they are being guided by their anxious inner conversation.

Intuition or gut feeling can be thought of as the voice of our soul communicating with us. Whenever you are attracted to something or someone (without a fear motive), you can be sure that this is your soul trying to guide you.

7. Visions during meditation

Meditation is another way to get in touch with your soul. That quiet, spacious, infinitely loving space you entered before (even for just a few seconds)? This is your soul space.

Meditating for long periods (30 minutes or more) is a powerful way to experience what is called a mystical experience. A common mystical experience is to attune to visions or spontaneous names during meditation. These visions or names could come from your current spirit guide or be a direct message from your soul.

I have even been told by people that they received unfamiliar songs or melodies during meditation. I personally have experienced spontaneous visions and words.

But how can you distinguish normal mental chatter from visions, names, or songs from your soul? Typically the images you see or the words you hear have a specific theme that seems foreign (e.g. it could be from an ancient culture) and they will be very repetitive. You’ll also feel like you care somehow about paying attention.

I recommend keeping a meditation journal to record those visions, pictures, words, or songs. This will help you better articulate what your soul is trying to express.

Learn more about how to create a journal.

How to speak to your soul

There are many ways for you to actively communicate with your soul, but that is for another article. In the meantime, I recommend simply saying a daily prayer.

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Here’s an example you can use or build on yourself:

“Dear soul, I love you. Thank you for supporting my life. I am so honored and grateful for your presence. If you have any messages for me, please share them with me. I’m open and receptive. I appreciate your guidance.”

See how you go about this prayer and make sure you pay attention to any emotional, physical, or spiritual sensations that arise.

I hope that you are now more aware of your soul’s deep yearning to reveal itself to you. Deep down, we all long for unity and wholeness. By learning the language of your soul, you can open a sacred gateway into the world of regained strength, beauty, love and innocence.

If you have any thoughts or questions, share them below.

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Once in a lifetime you feel like stress or tension is freaking you out and you’ve lost all the happiness of your life and your soul too. Have you ever noticed why it’s happening to you? No, then start focusing on my words, it will help you to be happy again, to be as happy as you were.

First of all, what is happiness?

Happiness is contentment, contentment is achievement and achievement is our goal in life; So if you achieve your life goal, it will fulfill your satisfaction and that satisfaction will give you all the happiness of your life.

We usually assume that happiness is when we get the best grades in our class or when we get a job everyone has dreamed of, but that’s not really happiness, it gives you temporary happiness. So do what makes your soul happy, whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes your soul happy, because soul smiles through the lips of a happy face.

Are you wondering what makes your soul happy? Get top grades in your class? I’ll help you find what makes your soul happy. Here are 6 steps:

1. TAKE TIME FOR YOU:

So they had had a very hectic day; you don’t have time for yourself wait wait wait why? It’s alarming, don’t you love you? It’s okay to take a little time out of your busy life to just focus on “THE”. Spending more time doing things that inspire you makes you happy, whether it’s baking, dancing, walking, singing, etc.

2. RELAX:

Doing exercises or yoga techniques, enjoying music, watching movies, talking to your special friends and family, connecting with GOD through prayer makes your soul relaxed and happy.

3. FEAR LOVE ACT:

Do something you are afraid of. trust me it makes you happy. People who take risks tend to be happier and more successful than those who don’t.

4. BE POSITIVE:

Be positive and think positive. Those who don’t have a positive attitude always whine like a child and are also a very annoying and miserable personality. A positive attitude leads to success and happiness.

5. Treat yourself:

Be a facilitator of yourself. Face the reality of life and make it easier on yourself by motivating yourself. When you’re faced with a bad situation and you’re stuck in it, all you can do is motivate yourself by saying these lines: “You can do it” and “The bad times make a good time better”.

6. OWN THE EGO:

The ego can destroy your calm. Once a man asked a scholar, “I want happiness,” he replied; First remove ‘I’, which is EGO, as ‘desires’, which is ‘craving’. See, now all you have left is “luck”.

A happy soul can never be selfish. Be a happy soul and fix your life. You must understand that life is what you create or discover that it is not child’s play. You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.

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When our children were very young, we used to talk about the soul like this: “I have a soul. my soul is in me I can’t see it, but it’s taking forever.”

Jim Packer says your soul is your “conscious personal self,” the “I” that knows itself as “I.” Your soul is the identity that makes you who you really are. It is the seat of your memory and your feelings and your imagination and your beliefs and your desires and your affections.

In Mark 8:35-36 Jesus says that our soul is of great value. Do you know why that is? Here are five reasons why your soul is more important than anything else you have.

1.) Your soul is breathed into you by God.

The LORD God formed man from the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living creature. (Genesis 2:7)

Understanding this is essential to knowing who you are and why your life is of such great value. Adam was created in two stages. There were two steps in the process by which God gave him life.

The first was that God “formed man out of the dust of the earth.” God formed a body. It was made from the dust of the earth. Well, in that respect the man and the woman were like the beasts: “And the Lord God formed out of the earth every beast of the field, and every bird of the air” (Genesis 2:19).

There is a second stage in the creation of Adam that shows why we are different from animals:

The LORD God formed man from the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living creature. (Genesis 2:7)

God breathes life into this corpse, and that distinguishes Adam from the animals. He is more than a body. Adam is a living soul. This soul is capable of knowing and enjoying God, and is capable of sinning against God, which animals cannot.

This is the essence of what God is saying when he says, “You were created in the image of God” (Genesis 1:26-27). God breathed life into you and this life will never end.

2.) Your soul is the source of all your achievements.

The body without the spirit is dead. (James 2:26)

Think of everything that is important in your life and you will say, “Yes, that came from my soul.” Think about it in relation to the world.

Think of music: the symphony, classic rock – where do these things come from? They came from the soul of the composer who wrote them.

Think of art: the ability to depict beauty came through the hands of the artist, but where did it come from? It came from the soul of the artist.

Then think about sports: You may say, “Certainly, sports depend on the body.” But James says, “The body without the spirit is dead” (James 2:26). Every great sporting achievement is the result of tireless effort, disciplined will and the determination of the athlete, which of course is in the soul.

When I meet someone who is super fit, I want to say, “This is coming from your soul. All the work you put into shaping your body came from a desire in your soul. Without this desire in your soul you would be a couch potato!”

Everything you achieve in life, everything that is achieved in the world, will come out of the soul life.

3.) Your soul is the cause of all your sin.

Every human being is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. (James 1:14)

Where does sin come from? James 1:14 is a very important verse in the Bible because it tells us how temptation works.

Temptations come to us through the world, the flesh and the devil. The problem is that wherever it comes from, it attaches itself to the soul. Our souls are sticky to sin. Sin clings to our souls.

If this were not the case, then temptation would not be a problem for any of us. If it were clean, then when you saw a house you couldn’t afford, your soul would say, “I can’t afford this and I don’t need it,” and you would move on. Because of our sinful desires. When temptation comes, the soul absorbs it, holds it, welcomes it, embraces it and holds on to it.

The problem is that our souls are not pure. So what happens is you see something, whatever it is, that someone else has, and you say, “That’s what I want,” and it sticks.

4.) Your soul will last forever.

Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. (Matthew 10:28)

Your life had a beginning, but it has no end.

One day you will die and your body will be buried in the ground. But your soul will last forever. So: “Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.” Your soul has an endless life. That’s why it’s so important. It’s immortal. It has a beginning but it has no end.

i have a soul It’s in me I can’t see it, but it’s taking forever.

Some of you are actively trying to decide whether to follow Christ, knowing it will be costly. You need to know what’s at stake. You try to save your life and lose it. But Jesus says, “If you lose your life to me, you will save it.”

5.) Your soul will experience eternal joy or misery.

The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades in torment he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham in the distance and Lazarus by his side. (Luke 16:22-23)

Our Lord tells the story of two men who died. One of them was carried to Abraham’s side. Certainly not the poor man’s body. That would have stayed on earth. So what was carried at Abraham’s side? Not the poor man’s body – his soul!

Then we read, “Even the rich man died and was buried,” so that everyone would know where his grave was. His body was laid in a rich man’s tomb engraved with words and dates. What was in Hades? Not the rich man’s body. It was in the grave. It was the rich man’s soul!

The point here is very simple: death takes life from the body but not from the soul. When you die, your soul goes to one of two places: One is a place of great joy. The other, according to Jesus, is a place of great torment. And there is a great gulf between them (16:26). You can’t get from one to the other in either direction.

There is a heaven to chase and a hell to avoid. You have a soul: your soul can be saved and it can be lost. Losing your soul is the ultimate catastrophe because it is the only loss from which you can never recover.

Do you now understand why your soul is so precious?

[This article was adapted from Pastor Colin’s sermon “Valuing Your Soul” from his series “Soul Care, Part One”] Photo credit: Unsplash

The five components are: Ren, Ka, Ib, Ba and Sheut.

The simplest concept is Ren, which is literally your name: it lives as long as you remember you, or can be read on inscriptions or included in prayers for the ancestors and their achievements.

Ka is also easily translated into modern idiom, for it is this vital essence that makes the difference between the living and the dead, between life and dead flesh, between a warm body and cold tone.

Ib is literally the heart, formed from a single drop of coagulated blood taken from your mother’s heart at the hour of your conception or birth. By heart, the Egyptians meant not just the organ that pumps blood through your body, but the seat of your soul, the good guiding force in your life that seeks truth, peace, and harmony.

Ba is what makes each one of us unique and different, what makes us strive and achieve, the motivator but also the hungry primal force that needs food and sex. In some form your ba is destined to survive after death, often depicted or imagined as a human-headed bird that, if lucky, takes off during the day to enjoy the light, but could also exist only in the dark, like the bat or the haunted owl.

Sheut is your shadow, and therefore your other, and is also used to describe a statue, model, or painting of a human being.

Tomorrow: Six Days of Genesis

From Rogerson’s Book of Numbers by Barnaby Rogerson (profile)

Q. Can you explain the difference between our soul and our spirit? — Janet Gebhart, Fort Lauderdale

A. The Bible teaches that we are made up of body, soul, and spirit: “May your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:23). Our material bodies are obvious, but our souls and spirits are less distinguishable.

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In the previous paragraph, the Greek word for soul is psyche. This word implies our mind, will and desires as seen in our personal preferences, choices and emotional responses to life situations. Our soul is reflected in our personality.

The Greek word for spirit is pneuma. It refers to the part of man that connects and communicates with God. Our spirit is different from our soul because our spirit is always directed towards and exists solely for God, while our soul can be egocentric. The joy, comfort, and peace of God’s presence can only be experienced through our spirit.

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While everyone’s soul is fully active, everyone’s spirit is not, for when Adam fell, the spirit died and was separated from God. Only in Christ is the spirit reconnected and reconciled: “Once you were separated from God.

Q. What does the Catholic Church mean when they say that Catholics literally eat the body of Christ when they receive Communion? What scripture is it taken from, and how do you feel about it? — M.M., Coral Springs

A. Catholics and Protestants partake of the Lord’s Supper based on Christ’s command: “And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body which was given for you; do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19).

Catholics believe that the bread becomes the physical body of Christ, based on their Catechism 1374: “In the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist is the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, together with the soul and divinity, and therefore the whole Christ real, really and essentially contained” (pages 383, 384).

Protestants believe this act to be commemorative and figurative rather than literal because Scripture clearly shows that when Christ instituted First Communion, he sat with the disciples so that they could not literally eat his body.

Jesus often spoke figuratively (John 16:25), calling himself a door (John 10:10), the bread of life (John 6:35), a vine (John 15:1), and a hen gathering her chicks (Matthew 23:37), none of which he meant literally. He said he should take communion “in memory of me.” We remember His broken body and His shed blood that saved us from the penalty of sin and reconciled us to God.

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At the time of resurrection, each of us will be judged individually by Jesus our Redeemer. This ultimate judgment is based on our desires, actions, and choices.

Only God and Jesus know our hearts and circumstances perfectly, so only they can judge us perfectly. This judgment will be one of mercy, healing, and love (see Revelation 21:4).

God’s ultimate goal is to help all of His children return to Him and live with Him in the celestial kingdom. But it is our choices here and now that determine where we spend eternity. We must believe in Jesus Christ, repent of our sins, be baptized in his name, and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. We also need to keep the commandments throughout our lives—and repent when we fall short.

There is a difference between your ego and your soul. Your ego is the image you have of yourself and your social mask, while deep beneath all the labels and titles your soul is who you really are. It is eternal, divine, and inherently precious.

As you learn to align more with your soul each day, life will seem to flow more naturally and action will be less strenuous.

You feel a greater sense of freedom, joy, contentment, empowerment, and inner peace. You deeply love and accept yourself, even when things don’t go perfectly according to plan.

Unfortunately, we are not taught how to align with our soul, and after years of being controlled by our ego’s fears, worries, and constant chatter, it can take a little patience to find our way to that place of safety and strength within us to find .

Here are 10 ways to get more in touch with your soul. Making time for one or two of these each week can have a profound impact on your happiness, wellbeing, and life.

1. Spend time in nature.

Nature can have a calming effect, reminding us to slow down, take deep breaths and absorb the present moment. Go for a bush walk, run on the beach, lie on the grass in the park or do stretches by the water.

2. Write a soul journal.

It’s a bit like writing a traditional journal, only you go deeper. You ask questions of your soul like “Where am I stuck?” and “What is preventing me from achieving my dreams?” You then write down your immediate thoughts and feelings without self-censorship to see what inner wisdom emerges.

3. Plan solo dates.

We can get so busy checking off to-do lists and communicating with others that we forget to check ourselves. So schedule a weekly solo expedition to get to know yourself a little better. Grab a coffee, see a gallery exhibit, read a book, take a creative class, or explore a new part of town.

4. Take yoga classes.

Yoga is a wonderful way to align your mind with your body. Bringing your attention to your breathing and positioning is an opportunity to still your mind and develop an enduring sense of inner peace that you will carry with you for the rest of the day.

5. Meditate.

When you disconnect from the noise of the world and your own inner worries and circling thoughts, your inner guide takes a moment to talk to you. Try meditating on a soul-soothing mantra for five minutes, such as: B. “I have nowhere to go doing nothing. Nowhere to do nothing.”

6. Travel.

It can be as simple as finding a new route to work, or as amazing as booking a trip around the world. Either way, when you mix up your routine and discover new places, you shake yourself out of your comfort zone and old habits. This gives you the opportunity to rely more on your intuition and your inner guidance.

7. Take long walks.

This is one of the easiest ways to free your mind. Be aware of your surroundings and see everything with new eyes of awe and appreciation.

8. Offer to help others.

When you give your time, energy, and love to other people, you momentarily forget all your ego-based worries and problems and align yourself with your true spirit, which is generous and open-hearted.

9. Take time to just be.

Sit down and do nothing for a few moments. Listen to the sounds around you, scan your body for sensations, and enjoy a few deep breaths from your diaphragm. As Eckhart Tolle points out, “A conscious in-breath and out-breath is a meditation.”

10. Lose yourself in something you love.

This can be dancing, cooking, writing, running, painting or much more. When you are enmeshed in something you truly love, your mind quiets and your soul takes over. It’s a beautiful, liberating feeling and something we should all experience more often.

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“Tell me, what are you going to do with your only wild and precious life?”

These words of poet Mary Oliver represent the timeless and fundamental quest of man: to deeply understand and awaken our inner purpose and to share its gift to the world.

The transformative effects of deep meaning in our lives and work have been well-studied for decades. Studies have found that people are happier, more satisfied and engaged in their work, and live an average of 7 years longer when they live in alignment with their purpose.

Yet we live in a world where a staggering 87% of people dislike what they do every day, nearly 20% of the US population struggles with depression and anxiety, and the use and addiction of mind-numbing opioids, on the rise are rise.

Our modern world has clearly erected countless artificial barriers to discovering and living our authentic purpose. Socioeconomic pressures, the media’s portrayal of success, and societal and educational pressures to conform to “approved” paths make it difficult to awaken our true purpose.

How can we overcome these barriers and truly connect with and discover our inner purpose?

To find out, I was able to spend time with Jonathan Gustin, a licensed psychotherapist, holistic mentor, spiritual teacher, purpose guide and expert and founder of the Purpose Guides Institute – a center providing cutting-edge purpose counseling for those in search of purpose Soul calling and world-class training programs for those who wish to mentor others.

Are you living a “standard” purpose?

Many people live a standard purpose.

“In fact, unless we consciously come to a deep understanding of our own soul purpose, we automatically take on the responsibilities that society or our family of origin offer us,” says Gustin.

A default purpose is a purpose that someone else dictates to us. And because the search for meaning is not at the forefront of our modern society’s educational system, many end up living a standard purpose, only to find out years later that that was never their purpose in the first place. Hence the prevalence of the midlife crisis phenomenon in American and Western culture.

We consciously begin to suppress our own inner calling to emulate the ways of others in order to give ourselves the illusion of comfort, security, and success. And according to Gustin, we may be the only beings on earth who actively resist our own authentic purpose.

“Because of our cerebral cortex, we seem to be the only entity on planet Earth that can refuse our own flowering. A person can essentially be at their best by the age of 18 or 21 and essentially stop asking.”

The triple purpose of life

Gustin has found that there are three main components to living an authentic, purposeful life: waking up, growing up, and emerging.

Awakening begins to answer the question, “Apart from our ego and the expectations of others, what is our true nature?” Awakening has traditionally been associated with the Buddha’s enlightenment, the experience of the essence or mystery of ourselves that is is undivided and timeless.

Growing up means becoming “emotional adults” who are constantly questioning, investigating, and answering the question: How can I just become a happier person and enjoy the peace and wonders of life?

“Many of us have a hard time just metabolizing joy or giving and receiving love,” says Gustin. He teaches that this is the second of the threefold purpose in life: Awakening to enlightenment is the first purpose and growing into emotional adulthood is the second.

Emerging is the third of the triple life purpose and answers the question, “What am I doing?” Or, as Gustin puts it, “What is the vision, purpose, and delivery system of my purpose…. what gift is truly mine to give freely to my people?”

Too often people try to show themselves without ever delving deep enough into the core of their own being. This leads to a standard life of purpose.

As we wake up, grow up, and emerge, Gustin says, we can wake up each day and answer the question, “Do I appear with my life’s purpose as a gift to the people I am called to serve?”

4 ways to discover your soul’s calling

There are countless modern and popular pieces of advice that implore us to “find our purpose.” This implies that your purpose is “out there” somewhere. However, the awakening of purpose requires a deep and personal journey right here and now.

Gustin equates the journey of purpose discovery with the traditional tales of heroes and heroines, in which the hero sets out to find the treasure that has been lying under his bed all along. They must come home to complete their journey.

“We long for what’s already there,” says Gustin.

That’s why Gustin says we need to awaken and discover our purpose within ourselves. He offered these four ways to begin the journey.

1. Find your inner wildness. Every day we are constrained by routines, agendas, details and prescribed behaviors. To awaken your purpose, it can be life-giving to move beyond the ordinary.

“Let’s have some fun,” says Gustin. “Get out of the routines and boundaries of your life.”

By beginning to make choices we are uncomfortable with and allowing our inner “savagery” to thrive, we can begin to allow our true selves to emerge.

2. Constantly contemplate, “What is my goal?” Spend time each day pondering this crucial question: “What is my goal?”

Ponder this question in wild places. Make time to get outside and get in touch with nature.

“For centuries, wild nature has been one of the most beautiful mirrors of the soul,” says Gustin. Go off the beaten path, try new things, explore the world around you.

Make yourself comfortable on a pathless path.

Take time each day to reflect and dedicate time that you will spend outside of your conventional life.

3. Hang out with “wild” people. Whatever “wild” means to you, find interesting and thought-provoking people who are outside of your own niche. Find people who have actively refused to live a standard purpose and seek new ways of thinking about and knowing the world.

“If you just hang out with people in your own niche, they will unknowingly support your status quo, thereby helping you be your current way,” says Gustin.

Find wild writers, authors, poets and musicians writing about the awakening of the soul and the deep philosophical questions of life.

4. Get expert advice. “When you’re venturing into uncharted territory, it helps to have a guide who has already traversed much of that territory,” says Gustin.

There is no substitute for mentoring. Find an expert to guide you through this process – someone who has asked yourself the same questions you are asking yourself.

For more information on purpose leadership or training to become a purpose leader yourself, visit www.PurposeGuides.org.

It can help you answer our most important question: “What do you intend to do with your one wild and precious life?”