You can't. What is visible is temporary, what is invisible is eternal.
2007-04-28 02:25:41
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answered by Fish <>< 7
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The Soul According to the Bible
The Hebrew word translated “soul” is ne′phesh, and it occurs 754 times in the Hebrew Scriptures. What does ne′phesh mean? According to The Dictionary of Bible and Religion, it “usually refers to the entire living being, to the whole individual.” This is borne out by the Bible’s description of the soul at Genesis 2:7: “Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul.” Note that the first man “came to be” a soul. That is to say, Adam did not have a soul; he was a soul—just as someone who becomes a doctor is a doctor. The word “soul,” then, here describes the whole person.
The word translated “soul” (psy·khe′) appears more than a hundred times in the Christian Greek Scriptures. Like ne′phesh this word often refers to the whole person. For example, consider the following statements: “My soul is troubled.” (John 12:27) “Fear began to fall upon every soul.” (Acts 2:43) “Let every soul be in subjection to the superior authorities.” (Romans 13:1) “Speak consolingly to the depressed souls.” (1 Thessalonians 5:14) “A few people, that is, eight souls, were carried safely through the water.” (1 Peter 3:20) Clearly, psy·khe′, like ne′phesh, refers to the whole person. According to scholar Nigel Turner, this word “signifies what is characteristically human, the self, the material body having God’s rûaḥ [spirit] breathed into it. . . . The emphasis is on the whole self.”
Interestingly, in the Bible the word “soul” applies not only to humans but also to animals. For example, in describing the creation of sea creatures, Genesis 1:20 says that God commanded: “Let the waters swarm forth a swarm of living souls.” And on the next creative day, God said: “Let the earth put forth living souls according to their kinds, domestic animal and moving animal and wild beast of the earth according to its kind.”—Genesis 1:24; compare Numbers 31:28.
Thus, the word “soul” as used in the Bible refers to a person or an animal or to the life that a person or an animal enjoys. (See box above.) The Bible’s definition of the soul is simple, consistent, and unencumbered by the complicated philosophies and superstitions of men.
2007-04-28 09:36:19
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answered by rzch 3
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Look in the mirror, or at someone else. We ARE souls!
"Man *came to be* a living soul." --Genesis 1:7b
“'The first man Adam *became* a living soul.' The last Adam became a life-giving spirit." -- 1 Corinthians 15:45
"The soul that is sinning--it itself will die." --Ezekiel 18:4
"You will ... return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return." --Genesis 3:19
"All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in She′ol, the place to which you are going." --Ecclesiastes 9:10
Is There Life After Death?
- Do You Have an Immortal Spirit?
- - What Is the Spirit?
- - "To Dust You Will Return"
- - The Spirit "Returns to the True God"
- - A Sure Hope! http://watchtower.org/e/20010715/article_01.htm
The only 'spirit' we have, is energy that is on loan to us from God... like the electricity that power companies sell.
The Holy Spirit -- God's Active Force
- An Active Force
- "Power Beyond Normal'
- Not A Person...
http://watchtower.org/library/ti/article_07.htm
The only invisible entities that exist besides God, are his angels, including many who rebelled...
The Truth About Angels
- Soft-Pedaling Satan's Role
- Prayers to Whom?
- Nondenominational Angels?
- "The Father of the Lie"
- Approach to Angels or to Demons?
- "An Angel of Light"...
http://watchtower.org/library/w/1995/11/1/article_02.htm
The Devil--More Than Just Superstition
http://watchtower.org/e/20010901/article_02.htm
2007-04-29 22:41:11
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answered by Anonymous
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Soul is a divine entity and can not be seen by our eyes. Like we are not able to see God , we can not see soul also.
But its presence is felt by all of us at all the times. We see each other in body forms, and the soul keeps it alive. when we die, the soul within us is transplanted by God, who is the supreme Soul ( soul of all the souls), into other body forms. This keeps happenning until we receive the true bliss, when we make use of being born in a human body form.
2007-04-30 03:17:59
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answered by Vijay D 7
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Easy.Just see around, and whoa boy, there go, millions of souls in all form and sizes,jus right before yer eyes.Alla livin critters are SOUL,aint it ? Then why cant u see.However,in case you are speakin of spirits, here also you cannot see cause they do not exist.Its only a figment of imagination,that we develop to sensationalize things.So dont ya worry and be a jolly soul yerself and not wreck yer brain onna such matters
2007-04-28 14:18:59
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answer #5
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answered by MrKnow_All 4
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You are in contact with visible souls every day.
The soul is the man, the person, with the life they possess.
It is not an invisible essence that survives on after death.
"The man (Adam) BECAME a living soul..." He was not GIVEN a soul... he did not POSSESS a soul... he WAS a soul. (Gen.2:7)
Each animal and human you encounter every day IS a living soul.
"The soul that is sinning, it itself will die" - Ezekiel 18:4
2007-04-28 09:30:18
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answered by eliz_esc 6
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I think that souls are not visible to our physical eyes,but they could be visible to our inner eyes if we have the power of "clairvoyance".If you have this power you could be able to maintain connections with them!!!
2007-04-28 12:29:36
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answer #7
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answered by deepa s 3
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We are souls. Open your eyes and look at the people around you. They are souls inhabiting a physical body. Connecting with them is easy.
2007-04-28 09:26:32
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answer #8
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answered by Janet L 6
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Can you see the atom with your naked eye?
So is the case of the "Soul' or Atman.
2007-04-28 10:33:35
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answered by Consent to be........nothing! 3
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There are so many other things in this world to see go and see those things. If the creator wants to keep some things invisible then why the hell are you bordered.
2007-04-28 11:29:28
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answer #10
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answered by tony 2
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Swim down to the bottom of the sea and poke around in the sand.
Dover is a good place to try.
Don't be misled by the skates.
2007-04-28 09:29:11
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answer #11
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answered by Simon T 6
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