How is the immortal part of us individuated or is it?
2006-12-07 20:03:45 · 10 answers · asked by Susan M 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
You do not have a soul, you are a soul, or spirit, or however you want to call it. It inately isn't racial. But you are yourself and as a spirit, you are immortal.
You can learn more about Scientology's view of the spirit (called thetan in Scientology) here:
http://www.scientology.org/html/opencms/cos/scientology/en_US/religion/presentation/pg008.html
2006-12-07 20:11:07 · answer #1 · answered by HeyNowBrownCow 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The soul is not immortal.....
the spirit is.... it is called "eternal"....
The soul is the body.. .and it will die.....
Consider that as Genesis 1 states that man was nothing until he received that "Breath of Life" and man then... be ---came..... a living...... soul.....
otherwise, he was a lump of soil, in the shape of a man....
That's what the soul is...... and is the reason it will die and return to the earth.....
But.. the spirit is eternal.... it is the image of God..... and is the reason we think and reason beyond our own body..... we think without moving our lips... the same is the spirit......
it has no racial characteristics... except by experience.... Whatever the soul or the body does, it is given to experience... and so we dream..... Yet, if one is racist, the spirit harbors that emotion......
Just remember with the spirit is is given to experience.... It lives inside the structure we call a body.... and so in dreams, it is seen, symbolically, as a "house" of some sort..... a structure, it is..... Peering out at the world around it trying to fit in society.....
your sister,
Ginger
2006-12-07 20:17:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If such a thing exists then it could be a residual self image representation of the physical entity. It could also be a hierarchy of multiple layers. The outermost layer would be the residual image archetype representation of the physical entity and the innermost layers would have less of a 3 dimensional form with higher dimensional characteristics.
2006-12-07 20:31:43 · answer #3 · answered by Cornelius 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of people (like me, maybe) who might argue that no part of anyone has "racial characteristics," soul or not. That is, if you're talking about the characteristics I think you're talking about.
2006-12-07 20:11:34 · answer #4 · answered by The Ry-Guy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The difference between one soul and another would be the experience each one has had. It is believed that when the accumulated experience reaches a certain degree of totality, the soul no longer needs to inhabit a body and merges with God, the supreme soul!
It is our soul-less behaviour that makes us differentiate people on the basis of race, colour, religion etc.
2006-12-07 20:16:13 · answer #5 · answered by small 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I doubt we have immortal souls, and even if we did, I very much doubt whether anyone could honestly claim to know the nature of these souls.
Also, since the Scientologist is promoting his religious cult, then allow me to recommend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology and http://www.xenu.net/
2006-12-07 20:39:40 · answer #6 · answered by HumeFan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it doesnt, it is eternal and light and free, it has no form and is pure. Once it leaves the body, it has no interest in that body, the body is indeed dead and useless to the soul, which will choose another body when the time comes.
2006-12-07 20:43:58 · answer #7 · answered by artistry 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Soul does not have the characteristics that distinguishes and binds the body. It is eternal.
2006-12-07 20:16:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your question is moot because "souls" don't exist. It's a good question though, sure to give believers a few fits trying to answer it.
2006-12-07 20:16:52 · answer #9 · answered by hznfrst 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"God dwells within you as you". Once we transcend the mind an enter the heart we find we are in unity with God in unconditional love,humility,peace & silence. all duality disappears,you find the object of all your desires,love is united,racial distinctions do not exist,you attain unity awareness,all things are one in God.
2006-12-07 23:00:47 · answer #10 · answered by Weldon 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋