Do we have a soul? How can we become conscious of it's existence if it exists?

Question

Give examples please. Best example wins 10 points.

Answer 1

There is a power or energy in man that is independent of his physical body.
This energy has the capacity to see without our physical eyes.
It has the capacity to travel great distances in a fraction of a second without our feet.
It has the power to talk without using our mouth, hear without our ears etc...
This power manifests it's independence from our body when we are asleep, that is when our physical body is totally inactive.
The source of this energy is what is called soul. But the word soul evokes too many religious concepts that people reject because of the many superstitions associated with religions.

If someone decides for a reason not to eat at all he can perfectly do it. The energy that gives him the power to control his physical body comes from a source. His soul. An animal could never do such a thing.
If someone decides for a reason that his ideals are worth dying for - that is to sacrifice his physical body - he can do it. That is what early Christians were willing to do in the Roman circuses. This power comes from a source independent of his physical body. His soul. An animal can never do such a thing.
The source of this energy is then something non-material which we call soul.

Answer 2

We are all souls that inhabit human bodies, not humans with a soul. There is a difference. I must agree with the other posting that the only way to become conscious of its existence is thru meditation.

Answer 3

Harry Houdini did the most infamous test for an afterlife/soul probably ever in history. He told his wife: "If I die doing one of these stunts, remember this secret word (...), I will do everything in my power to communicate it to you after I die. If anyone can reveal that word to you, then there is an afterlife."

He died from complications one night doing a water trick, and his wife honored his wishes and spent a ton of money going to every psychic, priest, healer, etc. None of them gave her the secret word back, not in the rest of her entire life.

I think this is the most compelling proof that there is no afterlife/soul, or that if there is, it has no way of communicating with our living world.

Answer 4

What is your definition of a "soul"

Is it some mystical cloud inside our bodies that floats to heaven when the flesh dies?

Answer 5

No, we have no soul. We are primates with big brains, that's it.

Answer 6

I can't be really sure but, I'd would have to say through meditation.