Soul searching. Where exactly is the "soul" located?

Question

Its funny how most people accept this idea of a "soul". Its religion's way of fortifying the fiction of heaven, after all, heaven is an etherial place where we dont bring our jewlery or penis (unless your muslim, then you are bringing the family jewels, to mate with all the virgins from the virgin-ho-house).

So, why do you believe in a "soul"...have you ever thought about whether or not you have a rational basis for this religious concept? Where is this puppy located? The heart just pumps blood right? The brain controls everything, and its the place where thinking occurs, but what about those functions makes it a certain place for a "soul"?

Answer 1

The soul is imaginary, just like god, pixies and leprechauns.

Answer 2

First - This is a great question

1) The Self that you experience is in part the soul
2) We all have egos and we also experience that as self too
3) The difference is that the soul is the eternal part of who you are while the ego is transient.

Consider that all of this is merely energy, and within that concept Something created the energy that we experience as the personality of being a self-aware Being as apposed to an entity. That this Personality-Self is eternal and has access to infinity and that you chose to have an experience in the realm of time, space and gravity and chose this planet and its particular life-form as that place to experience and express your life.

Whatever it is that you do is a function of that reality

Switch the word soul to the word psyche and see if that will bring some light into your inquiry?

"The brain controls everything, and its the place where thinking occurs." ????

The brain does not not think - only you can think - only you can have emotion - only you can have, create and store memories !!!

The brain in your head is a physical/material object and can only perform the duties that you give it to do - now the heart on the other hand can actually function without you because it has its own brain.

Does this generate more questions than answers for you?

Answer 3

The soul is located in the Platonic realm. It's the same place that the number Pi exists and idealized forms such as the perfect circle. The number Pi has no earthly existance and yet it is used for many practical material world applications. The same is true for the soul.

Answer 4

People keep asking about things about a soul, implying that a soul is something that is like a possession.
You do not have a Soul, YOU ARE A SOUL.
Asking things like where your soul is located ?
Look in the Mirror, see..it's that easy.
Your soul is located within you.
Not talking about your physical Body now.

Answer 5

The religionist is not allowed to THINK!
i have thought about posing a similar question. There is no reference to a soul in any books on Anatomy, Neurology or any other medical book. Except the soul on the bottom of you foot.

There are several definitions of the word "soul" which make it almost useless unless the person using the word explains what definition of the word they are using.

I am sure that some are going to reply that the soul was found using MRI. That is FALSE. The same images where found when anyone went into a deep thought.

Since the religionist is mentally sick and unable to think for themselves they have to believe such nonsense or face going to their imaginary hell. Or having a psychotic breakdown do to the conflict between reality and the delusional beliefs they have.

soul foot

or sole foot
n
foot that slides on skate frame: in in-line skating, either of the skater’s feet when sliding on the frame or sole of the skate rather than running on the wheels

[Soul an alteration of sole1 ]
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soul

soul [sōl]
n
1. nonphysical aspect of person: the complex of human attributes that manifests as consciousness, thought, feeling, and will, regarded as distinct from the physical body
2. religion spirit surviving death: in some systems of religious belief, the spiritual part of a human being that is believed to continue to exist after the body dies.
The soul is sometimes regarded as subject to future reward and punishment, and sometimes as able to take a form that allows it to remain on or return to earth.
3. feelings: somebody’s emotional and moral nature, where the most private thoughts and feelings are hidden
Her soul was in turmoil.

4. arts spiritual depth: evidence of spiritual or emotional depth and sensitivity, either in a person or in something created by a person
Though technically perfect, the drawing lacked soul.

5. essence: the deepest and truest nature of a people or a nation, or what gives somebody or something a distinctive character
In my travels I hoped to discover the soul of the Russian people.

6. type of person: somebody of a particular type, especially one regarded sympathetically or with familiarity
Poor soul! What will he do now?

7. anyone: anyone at all (used in the negative)
You have to promise not to tell a soul.

8. individual: an individual person, especially when thought of as making up the number of a particular group (usually plural)
a country of some 10 million souls

9. perfect example: somebody who is a good example, or personification, of a positive quality
The hotel manager was the soul of discretion.

10. somebody essential to something: a leader or the most influential person in a group or movement
11. African American spirit: the quality that characterizes African American culture, especially as manifested in somebody’s natural sympathies and in social customs, speech, and music
12. music See soul music


[Old English sāwol . Ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic word that is also the ancestor of German Seele “soul.”]

sell your soul to abandon your principles in order to obtain wealth or success
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Answer 6

You will not Believe this when I Tell you.

The Soul is an Invisible Spiritual Super-Computer that Links your Brain to You (a Spirit, living in a Body).

King David TALKED to his own Soul and Told it what to do.
The Soul Almost has a Life of it's own and can be controlled at times by OutSide Forces IF you let your Guard Down---as in the Case of People BrainWashing Others (does CIA ring a bell?)

Answer 7

I think it's located below the appendix. I've heard that when the appendix is removed, the soul goes with it? Well? That's what I was told? Makes sense.....

Answer 8

The soul is located between my second stomach and third eye, right below my third arm's elbow.

In other words, it does not exist.

Answer 9

You are very ignorant really.

until this moment science did not explain why human beings have "self awareness". According to those who don't believe in souls .. humans are just extremely complicated machines .. brain is just an organ with huge number of cells exchanging electrical impulse .. how could this possible produce perception?

Answer 10

The soul is contained in the empty space of the belly button, it is invisible, but it does have a smell.

Answer 11

I dont know that I believe in the soul perse... however I often wonder after the essence of jamus. If you are familiar with, "Meditations on first philosophy" Descartes goes on at length about the essence of a thing... do you know your essence? Or do you define youself by the various roles you play? And if understood, does this essence represent ones soul... these are all questions I cannot answer as of yet...